Dhaka, 9 September, Abnews: A female school student was reportedly drowned at Dhanmondi Lake in the capital on Saturday night.
The deceased was identified as Mosharraf Khandakar Emi, 17, daughter of Liakat Hossain Litu, and an "A" level student of Europe Standard School and resident of Kaderabad area in Mohammadpur.
“I was sitting by the lake around 11:00pm and suddenly heard sound in the water. We saw someone jumped into water. We also jumped into the lake, rescued her and took to Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital,” witness Abdul Ali said.
Later, Emi’s relatives shifted her to emergency section of Dhaka Medical College (DMCH) where duty doctor declared her dead.
DMCH police outpost sub-inspector Md Bacchu Mia said the body was sent to the morgue for an autopsy.
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