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A tourist drowned in Dhalai River at Companiganj upazila in Sylhet on Thursday.

The deceased Ismail Hossain, 28, was the son of Shahab Uddin of Nangalkot area in Cumilla, police said.


Local residents reported that Ismail went into the river at Sadapathar, a tourist spot in Companiganj upazila, at about 1:00pm to take a bath. He went missing after being swept away by the strong current of the river.

Companiganj police station’s sub-inspector, Ajay Chandra Roy, confirmed Ismail’s death to ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ·.

He said that the victim’s companions recovered him, later, in an unconscious state from the river and took him to the local upazila health complex.

‘The attending doctors at the hospital declared him dead on arrival,’ the police officer said.