Live
- Hyderabad: Water board to roll out tanker-tracking app soon
- Ganta Srinivasa Rao files nomination at Bheemili
- Hyderabad: BITS Pilani ties up with BFI for biomed research
- Rangareddy: Deer fatally injured by dog succumbs
- TCS conducts placement drive at Loyola
- Hyderabad: BRAOU organises OU OER fest
- TDP promises pension to BCs at 50 yrs of age
- Plea to vote for Congress for development
- Hyderabad: Six including juvenile held for murder
- India successfully flight-tests indigenous tech cruise missile
IIT-Kanpur student drowns in river while taking selfie
IIT-K student drowns in river while taking selfie (Photo/IANS)
An undergraduate student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) died after slipping and falling into the Ganga River at Ganga Barrage in Kanpur while trying to take a selfie.
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): An undergraduate student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) died after slipping and falling into the Ganga River at Ganga Barrage in Kanpur while trying to take a selfie.
The deceased, Sejal Jain, was a second-year BS student in the Department of Earth Sciences at the IIT-Kanpur.
IIT-K spokesperson, Girish Pant said in a statement, "During the initial investigation, it was brought to our knowledge that Sejal Jain had gone to the Ganga Barrage along with seven other students. During their visit, a few of the students, including Sejal Jain, had crossed the safety railing of the bridge and reached the ramp of the barrage gate. Sejal accidentally slipped while taking a selfie and fell into the Ganga at Ganga Barrage."
He said that the Nawabganj Police Station was contacted and the police team rushed to the location. A search team of the police went into the river and found Sejal Jain in an unconscious state. Sejal was rushed to the Hallet Hospital where she was declared brought dead.
