Kolkata: A Kolkata-based magician, who attempted an underwater escape trick in Ganga like legendary magician Harry Houdini, is feared to have drowned as his body could not be found till Monday afternoon, police said. Magician Chanchal Lahiri whose stage name is 'Jadukar Mandrake', was reportedly lowered into the river from Kolkata's Millennium Park area with his hands and legs tied as part of the stunt on Sunday but could not come out of the water.

An officer from River Traffic Control Department said, "The disaster management teams conducted search operations on Sunday night and Monday morning but his body could not be found. It is possible that the body has been swept away. We are also conducting searches on the nearby riverbanks on both sides of Ganga but nothing has been found so far."