Third grader found dead near school

Dead Body
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A class-III student was found dead with his throat slit near his school in Pangasia village of Singra upazila of Natore on Wednesday night, reports UNB.

The deceased was identified as Asif, son of a certain Bhulu Mia of the village.

Police said Asif went to school on Wednesday morning but didn’t return till late evening, following which his parents started searching for him.

“Locals spotted the boy’s body near the primary school around 10:00pm and informed us,” said Mozammel Haque, a sub-inspector at Singra police Station.

Police recovered the body and sent it to the local hospital morgue for an autopsy, he added.