Indian Police on Thursday said that seven persons were drowned in India’s River Ganga after a selfie session went awry.
The police said in a statement in New
Delhi that the deaths took place at Kanpur District, about 89 km west of
Lucknow City (Uttar Pradesh).
It said that the seven youths
had gone to take a bath in the River Ganga on Wednesday and one of them, Shivam Gupta, 19, while taking a selfie, lost balance and was swept by a strong current of water.
had gone to take a bath in the River Ganga on Wednesday and one of them, Shivam Gupta, 19, while taking a selfie, lost balance and was swept by a strong current of water.
It said that his brother Satyam,
five of his college friends who accompanied him, and a 31-year-old
local dived into the water one after another in a bid to rescue others
were carried away by the strong tides.
One of the students who managed to have survived called the police.
The police said early this year that 16
spots around Mumbai City were declared no-selfie zones after several
deaths of people were reported while taking their own pictures.
It said the sites includes; popular
sea-fronts like Bandra Bandstand, Marine Drive and Juhu Chowpatty had
also been declared unsafe by Mumbai Police for the new medium of taking
selfies with mobile phones.
Police explained that the move was aimed
at discouraging people from putting themselves at risk, while taking
their own pictures popularly known as selfies.
Taking selfies is the new popular culture across the world.
Photo Credit: Youtube – Yimamash
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