Schoolboy missing in Padma while taking ‘selfie’

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UNB, Natore :
A schoolboy went missing in the Padma River reportedly while taking selfie at Gouripur in Lalpur upazila on Tuesday.
The victim was identified as Ashraf Siddique Abir, son of Abu Bakar Siddique of Kujipukur village in the upazila.
Locals said, a group of Class-IX students of North Bengal High School went to visit the Padma River at Gouripur.
Three of them fell in the river while taking selfie on the riverbank. While two of them managed to swim ashore, Abir remained missing. Upazila Parishad chairman Harunar Rashid said divers from Fire Service were working to rescue the boy.
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