Youth drowns in Meghna

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UNB, Brahmanbaria :
A young man drowned in the Meghna River while talking bath in Ashuganj upazila on Thursday.
Quoting witnesses, Selim Uddin, officer-in-charge of Ashuganj Police Station, said Jahid, 22, a resident of Mirpur in the capital, along with his two friends went to visit Ashuganj Fertiliser Factory and Power Plant.
Later the trio hired a boat to have pleasure trip in the Meghna River.
When the boat reached Char Sonarampur, they jumped into the river for taking bath around 3 pm.
At one stage, Jahid went missing and drowned in the river. Police recovered the body and took it to the police station.
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