An 11-year-old girl, Sathi Akter, drowned in the Brahmaputra river in Bakshiganj, Jamalpur.
It happened at around 11am on Saturday (24 October) in the Bhati Kalkihara area of Merurchar union in the upazila.
Sathi was the daughter of Zakirul Islam of Bhati Kalkihara.
According to police and local sources, Sathi went with her aunt, Jumuri Begum, to wash clothes in the Brahmaputra beside their home on Saturday morning. She slipped into the water and went under. When she did not resurface, her aunt began to shout for help.
Locals then began searching the river, and at around 12pm her body was recovered.
Makbul Hossain, officer in charge of Bakshiganj police station, said legal procedures over the death were under way.
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