UPDATE!! INDIAN STUNTMAN WHO WAS LOWERED INTO THE RIVER WHILE TIED UP IS DEAD

UPDATE!! INDIAN STUNTMAN WHO WAS LOWERED INTO THE RIVER WHILE TIED UP IS DEAD

Authorities in India believe the stuntman who went missing after being lowered into a river while tied up with chains and ropes in a Houdini-inspired stunt is feared drowned.

40-year-old Chanchal Lahiri, known by his stage name ‘Jadugar Mandrake’ (Wizard Mandrake), was lowered into the river by a crane on Sunday as family members, media and police watched on. [READ HERE].

DEADLY PLAY!! Indian stuntman Is MISSING After Being Lowered Into The River While Tied Up With Steel Chains

Before his trick, he said: ‘If I can free myself it will be magic, if I cannot it will be tragic.’ But the 40-year-old failed to emerge from the water, sparking an immediate search by authorities.

Rescue workers have been scouring the fast-flowing murky waters since Sunday but he is yet to be found, said Syed Waquar Raza of the river traffic police.

‘We fear he drowned in the river,’ he said.