Florida, Apr 25 (V7N) — The search for missing Bangladeshi doctoral student Nahida Sultana Brishti has ended in profound tragedy following confirmation of her passing on Saturday morning. Her elder brother, Zahid Hasan Pranto, shared the news through a social media post, expressing the family's grief and confirming that his sister is no longer with them. Brishti, a former student of the 13th batch of the Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering department at Noakhali University of Science and Technology, had moved to the United States to pursue her PhD in chemical engineering.

This devastating update follows the earlier discovery of the mutilated remains of another missing Bangladeshi student, Jamil Limon, who was also a doctoral candidate in Florida. Law enforcement agencies in Hillsborough confirmed during a press conference on Friday that Limon’s body was recovered from the vicinity of the Howard Frankland Bridge in Tampa. Limon, who was studying in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Policy at the University of South Florida, had been the subject of an intense search since mid-April alongside Brishti.

The circumstances surrounding their disappearances have sent shockwaves through both the local USF community and their hometowns in Bangladesh. Investigative records indicate that Jamil Limon was last seen at his residence in Tampa at approximately 9:00 a.m. on April 16, after which all communication with his family ceased. Nahida Sultana Brishti vanished just one hour later at 10:00 a.m. the same day, with her last known location being the Natural and Environmental Sciences building on the university campus.

Local law enforcement officials are continuing their investigation into the specific events that led to these fatalities. While a suspect, identified as a U.S. citizen and roommate of one of the victims, remains in custody, authorities are working to finalize forensic reports and establish a clear timeline of the events following April 16. The Bangladeshi expatriate community and university colleagues have begun organizing memorials for the two scholars, whose promising academic careers were cut short under these harrowing circumstances.

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