Two youths go missing in the Bay
Rescuers are searching for the missing people
Two youths went missing in the Bay of Bengal in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday.
The missing persons are Ariful Islam, a CSE student of Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET) and Mohammad Rafiq, who hailed from Cox's Bazar's Rumalia Chara and Pahartali areas.
Iftarul Shahin, friend of missing youths, said: “A group of youths were bathing at Laboni point of the beach. At one stage five of them fell into a quicksand.”
“Beach workers and police rescued three of them, but the duo could not be traced,” he added.
Cox’s Bazar Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) Md. Khairuzzaman said: “Three rescued youths were sent to Sadar Hospital for treatment.”
“Rescuers are searching for the missing people,” the OC said further.
