A 12-year-old boy, Tamim, drowned while bathing in the Padma river with his cousin during a visit to his aunt’s home. It happened at about 12.30pm on Monday at the Padma river ghat next to Bilmaria bazar in Lalpur upazila of Natore. After about half an hour of searching, local people found him and took him to hospital, where a doctor declared him dead.
Tamim was the son of Mithun Ali of Biropara village in Gopalpur municipality, Lalpur upazila. He was a fifth-grade pupil at Biropara Government Primary School, and the second of three siblings.
According to police and local sources, Tamim came to visit his aunt’s home on Sunday. On Monday he went to bathe with his cousin Siyam at the Padma river ghat next to Bilmaria bazar.
At about 12.30pm he jumped into the river from the ghat and went under. His cousin Siyam and people at the ghat shouted and began searching for him. His aunt’s family and local people found him at about 1pm.
A team from Lalpur fire service led by station officer Latiful Bari arrived and rushed Tamim in their vehicle to Lalpur Upazila Health Complex, where the doctor on duty in the emergency department examined him and declared him dead.
Lalpur police station officer-in-charge Shafiqul Islam said the body was handed over to relatives as the family made no complaint over the boy’s death. A case of unnatural death has been filed at Lalpur police station.
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