Stuntman goes missing after failing to emerge from water when cage was lowered

A man who was lowered into the Ganges river yesterday in front of his family and friends in his latest stunt has gone missing.

Chanchal Lahiri, known as Wizard Mandrake, was tied up with steel chains and ropes as he was lowered into the river in India by crane. There was a large crowd of police and media also watching from the banks of the river, waiting for him to return.He claimed to have successfully pulled off a similar stunt 21 years ago at the same spot.

He said: ‘I was inside a bullet proof glass box tied with chain and locks and dropped down from Howrah bridge. Then I came out within 29 seconds.’During a previous attempt the crowd mobbed him when they easily worked out how he got out of the cage He admitted it would be tough to free himself this time.He added: ‘If I can open it up then it will be magic, but if I can’t it will be tragic.’

When Lahiri tried the stunt at the river in 2013, he was assaulted by onlookers who saw through his escape from a locked cage via a door that was clearly visible.Those present said they could easily work out how he got out of the cage and he was mobbed and had his wig pulled by them.

Probably disappeared in all the sewage laying at the bottom🚽

Maybe he was doing a disappearing stunt.

He'll reappear in a dinghy coming across the channel

😀😂😁

Maybe he's just playing Hide and Seek... Under water. 🌊

God bless him. Poor guy died just trying to make a living .

So did the cage disappear too?

The tragedy of magic, did the crowds truly believe he was a magician when he escaped the first time? Every escapostunt carries a risk but the water stunts carry the highest, sadly in this case it looks like this went badly wrong.

Insurance scam

What a trick.... disappears and reappears inside a Crocodile.

In the words of the late paul Daniels ' now thats magic ' .....

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Now that’s proper magic.

That's rough.. Poor family

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