Student drowns at DU swimming pool

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22 April, 2024, 04:15 pm

Last modified: 22 April, 2024, 05:04 pm

Student drowns at DU swimming pool

TBS Report

22 April, 2024, 04:15 pm

Last modified: 22 April, 2024, 05:04 pm

File photo of Dhaka University swimming pool. Photo: Google Maps

File photo of Dhaka University swimming pool. Photo: Google Maps

A student drowned while taking a bath in the swimming pool of Dhaka University today (22 April).

The deceased, Muhammad Sawad, 19, was a first year student of DU's philosophy department and a resident of Haji Muhammad Mohsin Hall.

Md Shahjahan Ali, director of DU Physical Education Centre, said the incident took place around 2pm.

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The body is now at the morgue of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, he added.

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