A 17-year-old schoolboy drowned in a pond at the city’s Badda area on Tuesday, said police.
The deceased was identified as Miladun Nabi Mahim, a resident of the capital’s Aftab Nagar area.
Mahim drowned in the pond of Chinese Project at Aftab Nagar while bathing along with some friends in the afternoon.
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Later, the fire service divers recovered his body and rushed him to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where the doctor declared him dead, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH Police Outpost.
The body was kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy, he added.