Sylhet: A madrasah student drowned in a pond on the Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) campus on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased, Md Raihan, 17, was the son of Abdur Rahman from Baluchar Notun Bazar area under ward No. 36 of Sylhet City Corporation. He was a student at a local madrasah.
According to United News of Bangladesh, eyewitnesses reported that Raihan went to bathe in the pond with 4-5 of his friends around 2:30pm. While swimming, he suddenly cried out for help and began to drown. Despite his friends' attempts to rescue him, they were unsuccessful.
Local residents and university students joined the rescue effort after being alerted and began searching the pond for Raihan. A diving team from the fire service arrived at the scene around 5:30pm and managed to recover Raihan's body.
Officer-in-Charge of Shahparan Police Station Md Ferdous Ahmed confirmed that the body was recovered by the fire service. The university authorities later handed over the body to Raihan's family.