The body of a Dhaka University student, who went missing on Monday while taking a bath in Kushtia’s River Gorai, was recovered after nearly 43 hours from Gorai Railway Bridge area on the Kushtia-Rajbari railway line under Kumarkhali upazila at about 11:15am on Wednesday.

The student was identified as Tanvir, 23, son of Abdul Malek, a resident of village Nali Charkachia under Barguna Sadar upazila. He was a fourth-year student of the pharmacy department of Dhaka University.

Kumarkhali Fire Service Station inspector Md Bakhtiar Uddin said that they started the rescue operation, for the third day, at 7:00am on Wednesday. The body of the missing student was found floating in the bridge area at about 11:15am.

Kumarkhali Police Station officer-in-charge Md Mohsin Hossain said that the body of the missing DU student had been recovered. Legal process is underway to hand over the body to his family.

Kumarkhali upazila nirbahi officer Bitan Kumar Mandal said that the body floated up during the rescue operation. The victim didn’t know swimming.

According to fire service and Kumarkhali police station sources, 13 students of the pharmacy department of Dhaka University went to visit various places in Meherpur and Kushtia. The incident took place while three of them went to the River Gorai to take a bath.