Brace yourself for a summer of memorable moments at these water parks around the country
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A college girl who fell into the swirling Arabian Sea while clicking a selfie off a rocky beach here on Saturday and a youth who plunged into the water to save her were both untraced, police said. The Indian Coast Guard launched an aerial search to trace out the two missing people.
The 18-year-old girl, identified as Tarannum Ansari, and her two friends Anjum Khan (19) and Kasuri Khan (19) slipped while clicking a selfie with their mobile phones and fell into the swirling seawaters off the rocky beach of Bandra Bandstand.
On hearing their screams for help, local youth Rajesh Walunj jumped into the rising tidal waters and managed to rescue Anjum and Kasuri and later tried to save Tarannum.
#ModiMinistry Woman drowns while clicking selfie with friends at Bandra Bandstand - Hindustan Times https://t.co/9Uon0eI54H
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However, along with Tarannum, Walunj went missing in the waters and they were not found till late Saturday evening, said BMC Disaster Control.Other instance of deaths due to the craze for selfies: January 9, 2016 - A college girl who fell into the swirling Arabian Sea while clicking a selfie off a rocky part of the Mumbai beach and a youth who plunged into the water to save her on Saturday were both swept away. January 9, 2016 - Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district, an attempt to take a selfie atop a fort proved fatal for a youth as he fell backwards and died January 5, 2016 - A 19-year-old student dies after falling off the rooftop of a 20-floor condominium in Ermita, Manila yesterday afternoon, January 5, 2016. December 15, 2015 - A 22-year-old man was fatally hit by a fast-approaching train while attempting to take a 'selfie' on the railway track in Rawalpindi. November 3, 2015 - A 14-year old schoolboy, who was trying to take a selfie on his cellphone atop a stationary train wagon, was electrocuted and died a few hours later November 1, 2015 - Two of the college students, Askshay Joshi (22) and Pratik Bhatt (20), drowned in the Narmada canal near Kothariya village of Wadhvan taluka in Surendranagar on Sunday evening while trying to click selfies on their mobile phones with the canal water in the background. |
Brace yourself for a summer of memorable moments at these water parks around the country
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