A child named Safana Khan (4) died after drowning in the swimming pool of the star hotel Ocean Paradise in Cox's Bazar. This incident happened on Tuesday (April 16) around 5:30 pm.
 
Deceased Safana Khan is the daughter of Moniruzzaman Khan of Golapbagh, Dhaka Wari.
 
According to hotel sources, a tourist named Moniruzzaman Khan came to Cox's Bazar along with his wife and children at noon and went to room number 504 of Hotel Ocean Paradise. 
 
In the afternoon he went down to take a bath in the swimming pool of the hotel. Meanwhile, his daughter Safana Khan accidentally drowned in the swimming pool. Later, he was quickly rescued and brought to the emergency department of Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital, where the doctor on duty declared the child dead.
 
Saeed Alamgir, Public Relations Officer of Hotel Ocean Paradise, said, "The hotel authorities ask to take care of the children before entering the swimming pool. 
 
There is also a signboard regarding this, they came at noon and went to room 504 in the hotel. In the afternoon, their daughter went into the swimming pool with her baby on top. 
 
The child accidentally fell into the water. Later, the hotel staff rescued him and took him to the hospital. The doctor declared him dead there.
 
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sadar Model Police Station Rakibuzzaman said, "The body of the child has been handed over to the family."
It is said that the parents have left for Dhaka with the body till the last news.
 
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