Bangladesh teenager who went viral for going to Malaysia in container dies, according to reports


DHAKA, April 30 (Agencies): Ratul Islam Fahim, a 14-year-old boy from Cumilla's Monoharganj who was found in a shipping container in Malaysia around three months ago and repatriated back to Bangladesh, died after drowning in a pond near his house on Saturday (29 April), reported local dailies in Bangladesh.

Safiul Alam, officer-in-charge of Monoharganj police station, said, "We were informed that the boy drowned while taking a bath alone in the pond. He did not know how to swim."

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