Khagrachhari, June 15 -- year-old boy drowned in the Maini River in Dighinala Upazila of Khagrachhari on Saturday.

The victim was identified as Md. Aryan, son of Md. Zakir Hossain, a resident of Dakshin Milanpur in Kabakhali Union of Dighinala. He was a first-grade student at Kabakhali Government Primary School.

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Dighinala Fire Service Station Officer Pankaj Barua said Aryan's body was recovered in the afternoon, about seven hours after he went missing.

The child fell into the river while collecting firewood in Kabakhali Union around 9:30 am on Saturday.

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