Body of missing child recovered in Kalkini

The body of a one and a half year old child named Alia was recovered. The deceased Alia is the baby daughter of Akhter Hossain of Purba Shikar Mangal village in Shikar Mangal area of the upazila.

The body of the child was recovered around 9 pm on Monday. According to the police and the victim’s family, the child Alia went to play on the bank of a pond near the house on Monday afternoon without the eyes of the family members.

At that time, Alia drowned in the pond and disappeared. Later, after a lot of searching, the local people rescued Alia from the pond at night and took her to the Upazila Health Complex, where the doctor declared her dead.

Faizullah, the relative of the deceased, said that Alia drowned in the pond and went missing since Monday afternoon. Later, after much searching, Alia was rescued at night and taken to the hospital. Later, the doctor declared her dead.

In this regard, Kalkini Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Jobayer Hossain said, “We have come to know that child Alia died due to drowning in water.”