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Indian magician feared drowned after failed attempt to copy Houdini trick
Published time: 17 Jun, 2019 14:45Edited time: 18 Jun, 2019 07:13
Magician Chanchal Lahiri being lowered into the Ganges river on June 16, 2019 © STR / AFP
Chanchal ‘Mandrake’ Lahiri was performing at the Hooghly River in West Bengal state when something apparently went wrong. Lahiri was restrained with six locks and a chain for the stunt and was watched by spectators on board two separate boats, the shore and the overhanging Howrah Bridge.
“When he did not come out for a long time, people panicked,” senior police officer Syed Waquar Raza said as cited by the Times of India. “A couple of people said they saw a man struggling, seeking help, in the middle of the river.”
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Police and teams of divers have so far been unable to locate any traces of the magician. He cannot be declared officially dead in the absence of a body.
“If I do it right, it’s magic. If I make a mistake, it becomes tragic,” Lahiri reportedly told local photographer Jayanta Shaw ahead of the act.
Lahiri, 41, has performed similar death-defying underwater tricks, popularized by Hungarian American illusionist Harry Houdini, before; some 20 years ago, he was lowered into the same river in a glass box from which he managed to escape without issue.
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Indian magician feared drowned after failed attempt to copy Houdini trick
Published time: 17 Jun, 2019 14:45Edited time: 18 Jun, 2019 07:13
Magician Chanchal Lahiri being lowered into the Ganges river on June 16, 2019 © STR / AFP
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Chanchal ‘Mandrake’ Lahiri was performing at the Hooghly River in West Bengal state when something apparently went wrong. Lahiri was restrained with six locks and a chain for the stunt and was watched by spectators on board two separate boats, the shore and the overhanging Howrah Bridge.
“When he did not come out for a long time, people panicked,” senior police officer Syed Waquar Raza said as cited by the Times of India. “A couple of people said they saw a man struggling, seeking help, in the middle of the river.”
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Police and teams of divers have so far been unable to locate any traces of the magician. He cannot be declared officially dead in the absence of a body.
“If I do it right, it’s magic. If I make a mistake, it becomes tragic,” Lahiri reportedly told local photographer Jayanta Shaw ahead of the act.
Lahiri, 41, has performed similar death-defying underwater tricks, popularized by Hungarian American illusionist Harry Houdini, before; some 20 years ago, he was lowered into the same river in a glass box from which he managed to escape without issue.
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