Schoolboy drowns

Unb, Sylhet
A schoolboy drowned in a ditch at Charugaon village in Sadar upazila yesterday. The victim was identified as Reaz Uddin, 9, a class III student and son of Ansar Ali of the village. Quoting family members, officer in-charge of Jalalabad police station Gausul Alam said Reaz fell into the ditch adjacent to their house while playing near it in the morning. Later, the family members spotted the floating body at about 1pm. On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.