, June 16 -- A schoolgirl drowned in a pond of Eden College in the capital's Azimpur area on Monday morning.

The deceased was identified as Sanjida Khatun Rupa, 18, an HSC second year commerce student at Agrani Girls School and College and daughter of Saj Uddin Saju, a resident of Champakoli Lane in the city's Chawkbazar area.

Sanjida, who might have slipped into the pond, was rescued in an unconscious state and taken to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) around 11am where doctors declared her dead after examination, said Inspector Md Faruq, in-charge of the DMCH police outpost

The body was kept at the hospital morgue and the concerned police station was informed, he said.

Rifat Ara Rima, office assistan...