A 13-year-old madrasha student drowned in the Turag Riverin Rupnagar area of the capital on Friday evening.
The deceased was identified as Md Yamin, son of Rabiul Islam and a resident of the area.
According to locals, Yamin drowned when he was bathing in the Turag River.
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Later, police recovered the body from the river and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue for autopsy around 12 am.
Shah Ali Police Station Sub-Inspector Md Ruhul Amin confirmed the matter.
Abdul Matin, brother of the deceased, said, Yamin was a student at a nearby madrasa and the youngest among two brothers and a sister in the family.