A university student drowned while bathing in a waterfall in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Wednesday.
AKM Naimul Hasan, 20, son of Md Abul Kashem of Dakshin Kattoli area in the port city of Chattogram and a honours second year of International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) went missing as he did not know how to swim.
Naimul and his two friends came to the waterfall in Bashbaria area under Sitakunda upazila from the port city in the morning.
Azharul Huq Bhuiyah, one of the friends, said they all went down Birashi waterfall to take bath around 11am and suddenly Naimul drowned and went missing.
Noticing this, they called the national emergency hotline services 999 while a rescue team from a nearby Fire Service and Civil Defence Department rushed to the spot after being informed, he said.
Later, the body was retrieved from the waterfall around 12:45 pm, said Firoz Mia, an officer at Kumira Fire Station.