Private University Student Drowns in Cox's Bazar

A university student named Tawfiq Maqbool (23) died while taking bath at Sea-Gal Point on Cox's Bazar beach.

The incident took place at noon on Wednesday (September 8). Tawfiq was the son of Nurul Amin, a resident of Adabar area in Shyamoli, Dhaka, and a third-year student in the Department of Computer Engineering at BRAC University.

Beach Management Committee sources said three friends took a bath in the sea on Wednesday. They were swept away by the tide. Lifeguard members later rescued all three.

Sadman Shakib, a friend of the deceased Tawfiq, said that when Tawfiq was rescued and taken to the hospital, the doctor on duty declared him dead.

Cox's Bazar Tourist Superintendent of Police Zillur Rahman said one of the three friends had died. Another, Sawad Ahmed Yasin, 22, son of late Sajidul Karim of Mohammadpur in Dhaka, is undergoing treatment at Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital.