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A tragic accident has claimed the life of a 26-year-old man who fell into the Sapmara canal while engrossed in watching a FIFA World Cup semi-final match on his mobile phone. The partially decomposed body of Ahad Noor was recovered from the canal in Mohanganj upazila of Netrokona this morning.

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Ahad had been watching the Argentina-England football match on his mobile phone while sitting on a makeshift wooden platform beside the Sapmara canal late Wednesday night.

According to local police, Ahad had been sitting on a makeshift wooden platform beside the canal late Wednesday night, watching the Argentina-England match. He had recently visited his uncle in Mohanganj. Police suspect he may have become drowsy and either slipped while trying to splash water on his face or lost his footing on the steep bank, subsequently falling into the water. Family members confirmed that Ahad did not know how to swim.

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Police believe he may have become drowsy and either slipped while trying to splash water on his face or accidentally lost his footing on the steep bank before falling into the canal.

His mobile phone and charger were found on the platform. As the match concluded late at night, his absence was not immediately noticed. The following morning, relatives and locals initiated a search. This morning, locals discovered his body floating in the canal approximately one kilometer downstream from where he was last seen. Police are treating the incident as an accidental death, and as the family has not raised any allegations, the body will be handed over to them without an autopsy after legal formalities are completed.

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The incident is primarily believed to have been an accidental death.