KUET student drowns in pond 

A student of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) drowned in a pond on the campus on Tuesday noon.

The deceased was identified as Shantanu Karmakar, 21, a student of the 23rd batch of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KUET and son of Sukumar Chandra Karmakar, a resident of Judge Court are in Old Dhaka.

Sukumar Chandra Karmakar hailing from Bera in Pabna district does not know his son has died. He knows his son has been admitted to Khulna Medical College Hospital.

Deputy Police Commissioner (North) of Khulna Metropolitan Police Abul Bashar Mohammad Atikur Rahman confirmed the matter.

Khanjahan Ali Police Station Officer-in-Charge Kabir Hossain said Shantanu went to the pond for bathing. As he did not return after a while, his fellow students started searching around the pond, he said.

The fire service was informed and they recovered the body around 3:45 pm.

He was taken to Khulna Medical College Hospital where the doctors declared him dead.

His body has been kept at Khulna Medical College Hospital.