Weird News: India tops the list of most selfie related deaths!


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It was recently known that out of 27 selfie-related deaths happening around the globe, half of them were found to happen in India based on Washington Post’s recent reports. Indians were found to be killed by a speeding train, falling from a boat, slipping from a cliff, falling into a canal and drowning in water bodies , in the process of taking selfie photographs.

As a precautionary measure, Mumbai Police has already started identifying dangerous spots near forts and beaches that particularly attract selfie freaks. Speaking about it, a Mumbai police official said that, “Though we have not proactively banned spots for taking selfies, it may soon come into effect. As of now we are spreading awareness in various social media channels regarding the same”.

These measures are taken as a result of a sorrowful incident that took place in January 9th 2019 in Bandstand. On that particular day, around 11 am, a 18 year old girl by name Tarannum Ansari and 2 of her friends- Masturi Khan and Anjum Khan visited the place on a picnic. All 3 girls were standing on a cliff inside Bandra fort and clicking selfie pics for posting on their social media profiles. A sudden slip made all the 3 to fall down. They were shouting for help while hanging on the rock cliff. When Ramesh Walunj was crossing this spot, he happened to hear their cries and managed to save Masturi and Anjum. But unfortunately he could not save Tarannum, who was later discovered dead a few days later.

Bearing these incidents in mind, police authorities have established no-selfie zones in Kumbh Mela festivals that were organized in Nashik and Trimbakeshwar too. Additionally, they took this step fearing that bottlenecks caused by selfie-takers could create stampedes.

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