Karnataka, June 01 (ANI): A law student from Jodhpur in Rajasthan, Pranita Mehta died due to drowning at Gokarna beach in Karnataka on May 29. Pranita, along with a group of five friends, was on a tour to visit the beach when this incident took place.
According to her friends, they were sitting on some rocks which were about 10-15 feet above sea, when due to unexpected high tide, 3 of the youngsters, including the deceased, were flown away by a giant wave. Two of them were brought back to the shore by another wave, but the deceased, whose glasses had come off, continued to struggle as she held on to a rock for support she bravely struggled and tried to swim for 45 mins. Unfortunately, she lost her grip, and was carried towards the deeper end of the sea by the waves.
The friends promptly called the Police as well as the Management of the Hotel they were staying at, and proceeded to seek help from the local residents from a nearby village. However, they could not understand the youngsters’ plea for help, and by the time they did send some help, about forty minutes had already passed and the deceased was out of sight. She was brought back ashore on a boat by some of the local fishermen, and was pronounced dead by the authorities. Her body was taken for post-mortem and was handed over to her relatives afterwards.
According to initial reports, the students were all clicking pictures when the deceased slipped from the 300-feet lighthouse during an attempt to take a ‘perfect selfie’. However this version of story has been negated by the FIR filed with local Police.
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