Md. Sohad Haque
A student drowned while swimming in the swimming pool of Physical Education Center of Dhaka University with his friends.
19-year-old Md. Sohad Haque was the First Year Class Representative (CR) of Philosophy Department. His home was in Bogra, in Haji Muhammad Mohsin Hall of the University.
His classmates took him unconscious to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 1.30pm on Monday, where doctors declared him dead around 2.00pm.
University Proctor Prof. Maksudur Rahman told bdnews24.com, “Our student Sohad is no more. We are at Dhaka Medical and his family members have also come there. His medical report is yet to come. The exact cause of death will be known after the medical report.”
Sohad’s friend Mohammad Parvez, a student of language science department, told bdnews24.com, “We were swimming in the swimming pool with some friends. At one stage of the swim and goes in the middle.
“When he sank there, we pulled him up and by pressing on his stomach, some water came out. Immediately he was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital by rickshaw. After a while the doctor declared him dead.”
