Dhaka, May 15 -- A student of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) has gone missing after going into the water while visiting Bichhanakandi, a tourist destination in the Gowainghat Upazila of Sylhet.

Shanto Bonik, a student in the Department of Petroleum and Mining Engineering at SUST for the 2023-24 academic session, has been unaccounted for since 5:15pm on Friday, according to some of his department classmates.

Tanjid Rahman Apurbo, president of the department's association, said Shanto and 10-11 of his batchmates went to Bichanakandi in the afternoon.

Soon afterwards, he went missing after he went down into the water, said Apurba.

"We were visiting another spot nearby when we heard the news."

He complained tha...