Three college students go missing in Dhaleshwari River

Three college students from Dhaka went missing while taking bath in Dhaleshwari River in Savar on Saturday.

The victims – Mehedi, 17, Rajon, 17, and Akash, 18 – are first-year students of Ideal School and College in Dhanmondi, reports UNB.

Savar Fire Service’s Station Officer Lition Ahmed said 12 students of the college had come to Bank Town, adjacent to the Dhaka-Aricha Highway, for a river cruise.

“Three of them went missing shortly after they got into the river to take bath around noon. Another student was rescued and taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital,” he said.

Divers are scouring the river, the officer added.