Schoolboy drowns

12 August 2012, 18:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Lalmonirhat

A schoolboy drowned in a pond at Burimari village in Patgram upazila yesterday. Riad Hossain, 9, son of Ashraful Islam of the village, was a class four student at Burimari Government Primary School. Sohrab Hossain, officer in-charge of Patgram police station, said Riad went to the pond near their homestead for taking a dip at around 1:30pm. Later, locals found his body floating in the pond.