Kushtia, May 12 -- A boy drowned after falling into a water-filled excavation for an unfinished drainage project in Kumarkhali on Monday afternoon.

The deceased was identified as Md Ifat, 6, son of Kamrul Hasan of Elangi area 3 of Kumarkhali Municipality. He was a class one student of Baitul Ulum Islamia Cadet Madrasa.

According to police and family members, Ifat went out around 3 pm with his cousin Samad, 11, to graze goats. When he did not return home, relatives began searching for him.

Around 4 pm, they found his sandals beside the under-construction drain in front of Manik Sheikh's house and recovered him from the water.

He was taken to Kumarkhali Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared him dead.

Locals said the municipali...