A 2-year-old boy drowned in a pond in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat on Friday afternoon.
The deceased kid, Saleh Ahmed Tahsin, was the son of Sablu Mia of West Jagatber Musollitari area in Jagatber union.
According to police and locals, Tahsin’s grandmother went outside in the morning to cut grass for cows while the kid quietly followed her and accidentally fell into a pond near their home.
Family members began searching when they could not find him.
Later, locals spotted him floating in the water and tried to rescue him immediately.
Tahsin was taken to Patgram Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared him dead.
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Jagatber Union Parishad Ward 1 member Tojammel Hossain confirmed the tragic incident.
Mizanur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge of Patgram Police Station, said, “The body was handed over to the family as there was no complaint from the family.”