2 students go missing in Bay

2 students go missing in Bay
2 students go missing in Bay

Two students went missing in the Bay of Bengal while swimming in Bashbaria beach under Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Thursday, reports UNB.

The victims are Imon, 18, a Class-XI student and son of Mohammad Khokon of Siddhirganj in Narayanganj district, and Rashu, 16, a Class-X student hailing from Tongi of Gazipur.

Station officer of Sitakunda Fire Service Wasi Azad said a group of nine tourists from Dhaka went to bathe in the sea around 2:30pm.

Some of them, including Imon and Rashu, drowned while bathing, he said.

Locals managed to rescue seven of them while the two college students remained missing till filling this report around 11:00pm.