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Two women drown in pond at JnU's second campus in Keraniganj

From Daily Star · () English

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  • Julia, 20, and her 14-year-old niece, Rabeya, drowned while bathing in a pond at Jagannath University's second campus in Tegoria, Keraniganj.
  • Police said four women entered the pond around 3 p.m., and the bodies were handed to the family without autopsies.
  • The university sent a team to recover the bodies and restricted public access to the pond.

Two women drowned while bathing in a pond at Jagannath University's second campus in Tegoria, Keraniganj, on Wednesday afternoon.

Police identified the dead as Julia, 20, and her niece Rabeya, 14, the daughter of Atikur Rahman. South Keraniganj police said four women went to bathe in the pond at about 3 p.m., and two of them drowned.

Inspector Abul Kalam Azad said the bodies were handed over to the family without autopsies. Police will file an unnatural death case over the incident.

Jagannath University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Rais Uddin said the university sent a team to the site after learning about the drownings. The team recovered the bodies. The university also issued a notice restricting public access to the pond.

We issued a notice today restricting public access to the pond.

· Rais UddinThe Jagannath University vice-chancellor described the immediate safety measure taken after the drownings.
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