A madrasah student drowned in a pond on the Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) campus on Wednesday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Md Raihan, 17, son of Abdur Rahman of Baluchar Notun Bazar area under ward No. 36 of Sylhet City Corporation. He was a student of a local madrasah.
Eyewitnesses said Raihan went to bathe in the pond with 4-5 friends around 2:30pm. While swimming, he suddenly cried out for help and began to drown. His friends tried to rescue him but failed.
Local residents and university students later joined the rescue effort after being alerted and searched the pond.
A diving team from the fire service arrived at the scene around 5:30pm and recovered the body.
Officer-in-Charge of Shahparan Police Station Md Ferdous Ahmed said the body was recovered by the fire service.
The university authorities later handed over the body to the family.