A young man named Niyon Huda (40) has gone missing after going to bathe in the Ghaghat River while visiting a relative’s house in Gaibandha.
The incident took place in the Kajaldop area of Ballamjhar Union in Sadar Upazila on Thursday (October 22) afternoon.
Members of the Rangpur Fire Service’s diving team conducted a rescue operation from noon to evening to rescue him, but he was not found.
The missing Neon Huda is the son of Moazzem Hossain of Paschimpara area of Gaibandha town. He worked in a private company in Dhaka.
Relatives and locals said that Neon came home during the Durga Puja holiday. On Wednesday, he went to his elder brother Maqsood’s house to invite him. On Thursday, three others went to bathe in the Ghaghat River in the Kajaldop area. At one point, the three managed to get out of the river, but Neon went missing.
Upon receiving the news, a unit of the Gaibandha Sadar Fire Service and later members of the Rangpur diving team conducted a rescue operation until the evening, but ended the operation today after not finding anyone.
Gaibandha Sadar Fire Service Station Officer Rifat Al Mamun said that since the incident, Gaibandha Fire Service and Rangpur’s diving team launched an operation to rescue him. But the operation was called off as it was night.