School boy drowns in Turag river
An eighth grader drowned in Turag river in Dhaka today.
Rajon Mia, 14, along with his three other friends, went to the river around 1:30pm near Uttara sector 10, Ashikur Rahman, station officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence in Tongi, said.
They all went in for a bath but Rajon was caught in a strong current. All his mates managed to swim ashore, but Rajon went missing.
Fire Service and Civil Defence and officials from the department recovered the body around 2:45pm. Ashikur said.
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