2 students drown after jumping into Shitalakhya during a clash: police

Two students drowned when they jumped into Shitalakhya River to avert a clash between two teen gangs in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj, police said.

The deceased are M Mihad (18), a 12th grader at Kadamrasul College and son of Nazim Uddin Khan of Kadamrasul area,and Md Zisan (15), son of Kazim Uddin and a class nine student of BM Union High School.

Quoting witnesses, Officer-in-charge of Bandar Police Station Fakhruddin Bhuiyan told The Daily Star that the duo jumped into the river when they were being chased during a clash between two gangs in Ispahani Ghat area last afternoon.

Later, their bodies were found floating in the water in the Ispahani Kheya Ghat area around midnight, the OC added.