Two college students drown

Two students of Government Science College drowned in the Shitalakkhya River in Demra area of Dhaka yesterday.

Deceased Tanjimul, 18, of Bamoi area, and Mizanur Rahman, 18, of Shanir Akhra area in Demra, were first-year students, said Kawsar Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Demra Police Station.

The duo along with their four friends went to Demra Ghat to bathe in the river, Mahmudul Haque of Fire Service and Civil Defence, told The Daily Star.

Three of them, including the duo, went missing when they were swimming in the river around 1:00pm. Immediately, some fishermen rescued one of them, he said.

Later on information, firefighters rescued Tanjimul and Mizanur in an unconscious state and rushed them to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared them dead, said Mahmudul.