This is really bizarre and creepy. Selfie gone
horribly wrong Clicking a selfie turned out to be tragically
fatal for a 19 year old youth as well as six of
his friends, who drowned in the Ganga on
Wednesday while trying to save one
another. The incident happened when six youths from
Juhi area and one Shivam from Colonelganj
area of Kanpur had gone to take a bath in
the river Ganga after rainfall, police said. Shivam was clicking a selfie while bathing
following which he lost his balance and
started drowning in the river. Maqsood tried
to save Shivam but he too lost his balance
due to the high water level and high current
following heavy rainfall. All the other friends jumped one after
another to save the others but drowned in
the attempt. A team of divers was deployed to save the
youths and their bodies were recovered
after two hours, Patel said, adding, all of
them were sent to Medical College Hospital
where they were declared dead by the
doctors. The deceased have been identified as
Sachin Gupta (21), Bholu Tiwari (20), Rohit
(20), Shivam (19), Maqsood (31), Bhola (16)
and Satyam (24)
