A three-year-old boy, Abid Sheikh, has drowned in a pond in Boalmari, Faridpur.
It happened at about 11am on Thursday (15 October) in the Chholna Purbapara area of the upazila. He was taken to hospital, where the doctor on duty declared him dead.
Abid was the grandson of Hashem Sheikh of Chholna Purbapara village and the son of Kamal Sheikh, who works in Saudi Arabia.
According to local sources, Abid had earlier gone with his grandfather to bathe in a pond in the Chholna area belonging to Siddiqur Rahman Chairman, and came home with him afterwards. Later, not finding his grandfather at home, the child went back to the pond to look for him and fell into the water by accident.
Altab Hossain of Kushadanga village, passing along the road, saw the child floating in the pond. He quickly went into the water and brought Abid out. Local people then took the child to the Boalmari Upazila Health Complex.
Dr Saad Bin Meher, on duty in the emergency department of the upazila health complex, said relatives brought the child in at about noon on Thursday. He was found dead on examination; he had died before he was brought to hospital.
Abid’s father, Kamal Sheikh, is in Saudi Arabia for work. He has a son and a daughter. The family and relatives are in mourning over the child’s sudden death.
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