Indian magician's body found after tragic Houdini-style stunt
Chanchal Lahiri’s still-chained body found 1km downstream on bank of river in KolkataIndian police have recovered the body of a magician who drowned when a Houdini-like stunt in a river went wrong.Chanchal Lahiri, 42, known by his stage name of Mandrake, went missing on Sunday after a ferry took him towards the broadest part of the Hooghly river in Kolkata at around noon. There, he was lowered by crane into the muddy waters with chains and ropes. Lahiri was inside a small, padlocked cage.
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