Police recovered the
body of a missing schoolboy from a pond at Boalmari upazila in
Faridpur district on Friday morning.
Deceased was Alif Molla, 8, son of Zahidul Islam Mollah from Kamarhati village in Satair union of the upazila, had been missing since Thursday evening.
According to the deceased family members, Alif went missing on Thursday evening, and his family searched for him in various places but could not find him.
Around 9:30 AM on Friday, locals discovered his body floating in a pond and informed his family. Subsequently, the police were notified and recovered the body.
Boalmari Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Md Shahidul Islam confirmed the matter and said that they sent the body to Faridpur General Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
'The cause of the death will be determined after receiving the autopsy report and unnatural death case has been filed in this regard," added the OC.
MRT/SA