Sun News Desk : Members of Fire Service recovered the body of a minor child, who went missing after falling into a canal in waterlogged Agrabad area of Chattogam city on Monday.

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Agrabad Fire Station official Kafil Uddin said The body was recovered around 9 am today.

The deceased Yashin Arafat was one and half year old and son of Saddam Hussain of the area.

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Abdur Razzak, Agrabad Fire Service and Civil Defence Deputy Director, said the boy fell into an unprotected drain in the area on Sunday afternoon while playing on street outside the house.

On information, fire service officials rushed there and started a rescue operation but failed to trace him.

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Later, on Monday morning, the fire service diving team and city corporation cleaning staffs launched the rescue operation again and recovered the body around 9am, he said.

The body was handed over to the family members without autopsy upon their request, the fire service official added.

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Fire Service recover body missing canal waterlogged Chattogam

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