A Dhaka University (DU) student drowned in the pond of Shahidulah Hall on the campus on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Mafizul Islam Rahi, 22, a second year student of Physics Department of the university. Witnesses said, Rahi went to the pond to clean his hands and mouth around 5:00 pm. Suddenly he slipped and drowned into the pond water. On information, divers of the Fire Service and Civil Defence went to spot and rescued Rahi but he was declared dead when he was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 5:30 pm. His body was handed over to the DU authority without postmortem. “It was an accident,” said DU Proctor M Amzad Ali.