Student drowns in Dhanmondi lake

A Mohammadpur College student has drowned in the Dhanmondi lake.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 4 June 2014, 03:26 PM
Updated : 4 June 2014, 03:43 PM

The dead has been identified as Mohammad Rajib, 18. He went to bathe in the lake but did not know how to swim.

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He lived in Raer Bazaar of Hajaribagh and was a student of Abul Hossain College in Mohammadpur.

“Rajib drowned before his friends could come to his rescue.” said Alok Chowhan, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Dhanmondi Police Station.

Doctor pronounced him dead on being taken to the Bangladesh Medical College Hospital.

“The body was handed over to his relatives without any forensic examination,” said the OC.