KUET Student Drowns in On-Campus Pond

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

The deceased was identified as Shantanu Karmakar, 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 Raja Dewri in Old Dhaka.

Deputy Police Commissioner (North) of Khulna Metropolitan Police Abul Bashar Mohammad Atikur Rahman said Shantanu drowned in the campus pond in the afternoon.

A fireman from Khulna Sadar Fire Station said, “We received the information around 3 pm. We responded immediately and were able to locate and recover the body within three minutes.”

Professor Dr Abdullah Ilias Akhtar, Kuet’s Director of Student Welfare, said the fire service personnel rescued the student and he was then rushed to Khulna Medical College Hospital by the university's ambulance.

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, reports UNB.

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

His body was kept at Khulna Medical College Hospital.