Schoolboy drowns

A schoolboy drowned in a pond near his homestead at Foringer Dighi village under Harati union in Sadar upazila yesterday noon. The boy was identified as Sazedul Islam,8, son of Moazzem Hossain of the village. He was a student of class three at Foringer Dighi Government Primary School. Quoting the family members Lalmonirhat Sadar police said, Sazedul and his four friends went to a local pond for bathing at around 3:00 pm. The boy drowned in the pond as he did not know how to swim. Locals recovered his body at around 4:00pm.