A madrasa teacher drowned while bathing in a pond in Porsha upazila of Naogaon on Saturday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Rayhan Kabir, 28, son of Rafiqul Islam of Damdipur village in Gomastapur upazila of Chapainawabganj. He taught at Dayahar Sheikhpara Qawmi Madrasa in Porsha.
Locals said Rayhan went to a pond beside the madrasa to bathe around noon. While swimming toward the middle of the pond, he suddenly went underwater.
Other teachers and students of the madrasa rushed to the spot and rescued him from the pond. He was taken to Porsha Upazila Health Complex, where an on-duty doctor declared him dead.
Porsha Police Station Officer-in-Charge Ziaur Rahman said an unnatural death case had been filed with the police station.