Body of that missing baby found floating after 14 hours

The body of a six-month-old baby that went missing after falling into a drain in the Kapasgola area under Chawkbazar police station in Chattogram city has been recovered after nearly 14 hours.

The body was found floating some distance from the accident spot around 11 am on Saturday (April 19).

Earlier, the incident took place near the Kapasgola Nawab Hotel at around 8:30 pm on Friday (April 18). Chattogram Fire Service Deputy Director Abdul Mannan confirmed this information.

The Fire Service and local sources said, “It rained heavily for several hours on Friday evening. A battery-run rickshaw fell into a drain with its passengers after it lost control in the Kapasgola area around 8:30 pm. There was a woman passenger in the rickshaw along with a six-month-old baby. Locals immediately rescued the rickshaw driver and woman passenger. However, the baby that was in the woman’s lap went missing in the water.”

Upon receiving information, personnel from fire service, navy, ansar and Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) conducted rescue operations. The baby, however, was not found although the rescue operations continued till 12 am.

The body was found floating around 11 am after the rescue operations resumed this morning.