Bodies of 3 students recovered from different rivers in Rangpur

The bodies of three students were recovered from two rivers in Rangpur's Badarganj Upazila on Sunday (July 6)after they went missing while bathing.

The deceased were identified as Mehedi Hasan Siam, 13, from Nawabganj Upazila, and Alif Hossain, 13, from Parbatipur Upazila.

According to police and locals, four students from Jamiyat-us-Sunnah Darul Ulum Madrasa in Badarganj town left the madrasa around 6:00am, jumping over the madrasa boundary wall and going to the Jamuneswari River to bathe.

After a while during the bath, three of the students drowned, while Al Hossain managed to get out and called for help.

Locals and the fire service started a rescue operation and rescued Siam around 1:00pm. He was taken to Badarganj Upazila Health Complex, where physicians declared him dead. Later, around 5:30 pm, Alif's body was recovered from the river. Al Hossain is now in police custody.

The madrasa authorities confirmed that the students left the campus without permission.

In another incident, a third-grade student Tasin, 10, drowned in the Chikli River at Dholai Ghat area of Badarganj's Radhanagar Union around 2:00pm while Tasin was bathing in the river.He was a student of Dilalpur Madarganj Government Primary School and the son of Ziaurul Islam from Madarganj village.

AKM Atikur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Badarganj Police Station, said, "Police are investigating all the incidents."