DHAKA: A schoolboy drowned in a pond of a park in Uttara in city on Sunday.

The deceased was identified as Jobaer, 16, a student of an English medium school.

Uttara East Thana duty officer Naznin said to banglanews that Jobaer drowned into the pond while he went there for bath at noon.

Being informed, police recovered the body and sent it to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) morgue for autopsy.

BDST: 1811 HRS, OCT 5, 2014