Sister dies while saving her drowning brother

An SSC examinee drowned while trying to save her younger brother from drowning in a pond at Chalk Enayetpur Madilahat village under Phulbari upazila in Dinajpur district on Monday.

“The deceased was Rubaiya Jannat Rimi, 16, daughter of Md. Rafikul Islam of the same village,” Officer-in-charge of Phulbari police station Mohammad Shafiqul Islam told reporters.

Brilliant student Rimi was to appear in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Examinations (science group) from Siddeshi High School in the locality this year.

Quoting locals, the OC said Rimi saw her 8-year-old younger brother Morsalin drowning in a pond near her house at 1.30 pm Tuesday.

Instantly, Rimi jumped into the pond to save his younger brother despite not knowing how to swim in water.

Knowing the incident, neighbors rushed to the pond, rescued Rimi and Morsalin and took them to Phulbari Upazila Health Complex.

The doctor on duty there declared Rimi dead and her younger brother Morsalin survived.

Headmaster of Siddeshi High School Md. Mizanur Rahman said Rimi was scheduled to take part in the SSC examinations from his school this year from the science group.

“Rimi was a very talented student bearing class-roll number two,” he said, and expressed profound shock at her tragic death.