A Nepali student of a private medical college in Sylhet has been missing for the last 13 days.

The missing student is Sawgat Gewali, believed to be 26, a student of North East Medical College in the city.

Medical College sources said that Sawgat used to live in a room of ‘Rupsha’ building of the college hostel. The hostel authority found his room locked at night on November10 last.

Later, as he did not return, Abdul Ahad, security in-charge of the college, filed a general diary with Dakhshin Surma Police Station on November 16.

Dakhshin Surma Police Assistant Commissioner Mostafizur Rahman said they were informed that Sawgat left Bangladesh for Kolkata on November 9.

Bishal Shawrma, another Nepali Student of the college, said Sawgat’s father informed him that Sawgat’s family do not know his whereabouts since he left the hostel.