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Tragic Selfie: Two College Girls Drown in Dam
14 Aug
Summary
- Two 21-year-old pharmacy students drowned at Borgaon dam.
- The incident occurred while they were taking selfies and shooting a reel.
- A rescue team recovered the bodies after classmates alerted villagers.
Tragedy struck Yavatmal district on Friday when two college students drowned in the Borgaon dam. The victims, identified as 21-year-old Mohini Gautre and Amruta Khedkar, were students at a local pharmacy college. Accompanied by approximately 15 classmates, they visited the dam after college hours.
While standing on the dam wall, the two young women were engrossed in taking selfies and recording a video reel. In a devastating turn of events, one of them lost her footing and fell into the dam's water. Witnessing her friend's distress, the other immediately jumped in to perform a rescue.
Tragically, both girls were overcome by the water's depth and strong current and were swept away. Their classmates quickly alerted nearby villagers, who in turn notified disaster management personnel. A swift rescue operation was launched, and the bodies of both students were eventually recovered by the team.
