Medical student dies while hiking in Bandarban

BANDARBAN, Jun 22: A medical student died while hiking in Alikadam upazila of Bandarban district in the early hours of Saturday.

Deceased, Iftekharul Ahmed Abid, 20, was son of Md Helal Uddin from Gandhina area under Kalihati upazila in Tangail. Abid was a first-year student at Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College.
Citing the victims friends, Lama Police Station Officer-in-Charge Sheikh Shamim said the student experienced seizures while camping on Marayangtang Hill on Friday night. He was rushed to Lama Upazila Health Complex where the on-duty doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival.