A student of Begum Rokeya University drowned while bathing in the Ghaghat River in Panbari area of Tajhat in Rangpur on Friday afternoon.
The deceased, Shihab Shahriar, was a student of the 12th batch of the university’s English Department. Shihab was the son of Mukut Mia of Darshana Sutrarpur in Rangpur city.
According to police and fire service officials, Shihab and three friends entered the river near Panbari Bridge around 1:00 pm. During the outing, he reportedly drifted into deep water and disappeared beneath the surface. While his friends managed to swim back to shore safely, Shihab could not be located.
A diving team from the fire service later recovered him and rushed him to Rangpur Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.