Chittagong: The body of a Chittagong University student who went missing on Friday after he had gone out to take a bath in the Halda River at Nangalmora of Hathazari upazila was recovered on Saturday morning.

Noman Chowdhury, 22, son of Omar Chowdhury of Sarakkata village in Rangunia upazila, and a 2nd year student of International Relations department of the university, went to Nanganmora along with his friends to attend a wedding ceremony of his friend’s brother, locals said.

They said Noman drowned in the river while taking a bath in it.

On information, a team of police and divers from Fire Service carried out a rescue operation and they postponed their drive as they could not trace Noman till 6:00pm on Friday, said Saiful Islam, team leader of the divers.

He said they resumed their drive in the river at about 9:00am today and retrieved Noman’s body at about 11:30am.