DCT Drowns While Swimming in Noakhali Dighi

A deputy commissioner of taxes (DCT), Zone-13, Dhaka drowned after getting down into a dighi (a large water body) for bath at Chatkhil Upazila in Noakhali district on Wednesday, reports media.

Deputy Commissioner of Taxes (DCT) Omar Faruque Masum was recovered from Mallica Ddighi in Khilpara union of the Upazila at about 5:30 pm.

The 35-year-old then rushed to local Wahab Taiyeba Hospital where an on-duty doctor pronounced him dead.

Omar Faruque Masum, son of late Fazlur Rahman of Kalikapur village under Ward No. 8 of Khilpara union, joined the 31st BCS (Taxation) cadre. He used to work as deputy commissioner of Taxes in Dhaka.

Local sources said Omar Faruque Masum along with his six friends got down into the dighi for bath. All the friends went to the middle of the dighi by swimming. Though all his six friends managed to reach the shore, he failed to do that and drowned in the dighi.

However, none could say clearly how he drowned in the dighi.

Being informed, police and fire service personnel rushed to the spot and recovered Masum in an unconscious state around 5:30 pm with the help of locals.

He was rushed to local Wahab Taiyeba Hospital where an on-duty doctor pronounced him dead.

Masum's brother-in-law Md Wahidur Rahman said none of Masum lived at his village home. He along with his friends came at the village. He has wife and two daughters. His mother lives in Chattogram.

Md Shahidul Islam, Superintendent of Police (SP) in Noakhali, said legal steps would be taken on the basis of the complaint of the family.