Three people, including two students, went missing after drowning incidents in Chapainawabganj on Tuesday afternoon. The two students, Rifat (16) and Russell (17), both tenth-grade students of Sobhan High School, disappeared while bathing in the Padma River at Alim Nagar Ghat in the Sadar upazila. In a separate incident, a 30-year-old man named Mok. Sakirul Islam went missing while fishing in the Mahananda River near the rubber dam.
Local residents began rescue efforts immediately after the students went missing, and later fire service personnel joined the operation. According to the officer-in-charge of Chapainawabganj Sadar Model Police Station, rescue operations by the fire service and police are ongoing to locate the missing individuals.
Authorities have not yet confirmed any recoveries, and search efforts continue in both rivers as of the latest report.