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Jadugar Mandrake (the stage name for Indian magician Chanchal Lahiri, 40) attempted a Harry Houdini style stunt.
"Chanchal Lahiri was tied up with steel chains and rope and slowly lowered into the water for the escape stunt near the Howrah Bridge in Kolkata. He was expected to free himself and emerge out of the water, as he had done many times before."
It didn't go quite as planned. After waiting 30 minutes for Lahiri to re-emerge from the waters, the gathered crowd began frantically searching for him. And they searched and searched and searched. Nada. Rescue crews searched throughout Sunday and into Monday.
"Lahiri's body was found later Monday less than a mile from where he performed the stunt, the BBC and Guardian reported. "
Well, he won't be trying that again!
Mandrake preparing for the stunt:
The fateful final breath:
ETA: sources (oops!)
"Chanchal Lahiri was tied up with steel chains and rope and slowly lowered into the water for the escape stunt near the Howrah Bridge in Kolkata. He was expected to free himself and emerge out of the water, as he had done many times before."
It didn't go quite as planned. After waiting 30 minutes for Lahiri to re-emerge from the waters, the gathered crowd began frantically searching for him. And they searched and searched and searched. Nada. Rescue crews searched throughout Sunday and into Monday.
"Lahiri's body was found later Monday less than a mile from where he performed the stunt, the BBC and Guardian reported. "
Well, he won't be trying that again!
Mandrake preparing for the stunt:
The fateful final breath:
Magician inspired by Houdini drowned after being lowered into river in chains
Chanchal Lahiri, whose stage name was Jadugar Mandrake, had not been seen since Sunday, when he was lowered into the Hooghly River in Kolkata.
www.usatoday.com
Magician feared drowned after attempting Houdini-style trick in Indian river | CNN
An Indian stuntman who went missing in the Hooghly River on Sunday after attempting a Houdini-style daredevil stunt is feared drowned, according to authorities.
www.cnn.com
ETA: sources (oops!)