A seven-year-old child drowned while collecting water lilies from a beel (waterbody) in Faridpur’s Saltha upazila on Wednesday noon.
The deceased was identified as Dipta Mandal, son of late Nitya Mandal at Aguldia village of Gotti union of the upazila. He was a student of class I of local Jaijhap Government Primary School.
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Deceased's uncle Hridoy Mondal said, "Nephew Dipta came home from school. After lunch, he went to collect water lilies alone and drowned. Dipta's mother Rita Mandal found his sandal floating on the beel.”
He was taken to Saltha upazila health complex where doctors declared him dead.
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Gotti Union Parishad Chairman Habibur Rahman Lablu confirmed the death.