Aug 05 , 2024

8 times when taking selfies turned life-threatening & deadly in India

By True Scoop

A woman was rescued from a 100-ft deep gorge in Maharashtra's Satara district when she was trying to take a selfie.

Four girl students died after they slipped and fell into the Kitwad Falls near the Karnataka-Maharashtra border while allegedly taking a selfie in 2022.

A 26-year-old techie named Vinod Kumar of Ballari district died while taking a selfie at Abbi Falls in Shivamogga in Karnataka in June 2024.

A group selfie of Bengaluru college students turned deadly when one of the 25 cadets named Vishwas G drowned in a pond in Ramanagram district.

3 out of 4 teenagers were killed while taking selfies on a railway track in Haryana’s Panipat in 2019.

A 20-year-old student named Kavin Sidharth was electrocuted while attempting to take a selfie atop a goods train in 2024.

2 men named Pandian and Vijaya, died after being hit by a train while taking selfies on a railway track near Tamil Nadu's Annapalayam.

In 2018, a gym trainer named T Siva tried to film a selfie video on Hyderabad railway tracks when he was hit by an MMTS train but survived.

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