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Teenage boy drowns in Cox's Bazar

News Desk Accidents 2022-06-24, 9:09pm

A teenage boy drowned in a pond at Bazarghat area in Cox's Bazar town on Friday morning.



A teenage boy drowned in a pond at Bazarghat area in Cox's Bazar town on Friday morning.

The dead was Maruful Islam Mahi, 19, son of Abdul Malek, a resident of Dakshin Rumaliarchhara Teknaippa area under Cox's Bazar municipality. He was an 11th grader of Cox's Bazar City College.

Locals said Mahi drowned in a pond while taking bath with friends at Rumaliarchhara area around 11 am.

Later, members of Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence rescued him but he died on the way to hospital.