2 missing in Halda, Karnaphuli rivers
A private university student went missing after a boat sank into the river Halda by Hathazari upazila in Chittagong yesterday.
Police identified the missing boy as Jewel Sen Gupta, 21, son of Debol Sen Gupta of Chakbazar and a student of Premier University.
Hathazari Police Station Sub-inspector Omer Faruk said Jewel and his three friends were returning to the city from Fatikchari.
At Peskarhat of Hathazari, they stopped to have a boat trip in the Halda river, said the SI, adding that the boat sank after few minutes of the ride and four other riders could come back to bank.
In another incident, an unidentified labourer went missing after he fell into the river Karnaphuli from a ship at Dolphin Jetty in Chittagong yesterday.
Sources said five workers were unraveling a net that got entangled with the propeller of the ship, Banglar Joyti, owned by Bangladesh Shipping Corporation.
The propeller started running before they finished undoing the tangle. Four other labourers managed to leave the net, but one could not come out and fell into the river.
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