Pooja Kumari, a national level athlete, lost her life while taking selfie near a lake in the Sports Authority of India (SAI) academy campus in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. During her time at the junior and sub-junior level she had also won the sub-junior national level gold in Delhi. According to the local police, Pooja was taking a selfie near the harvesting plant, beside the pond situated behind a cricket field on the SAI campus. A senior SAI Bhopal official said, “Pooja didn’t know how to swim at all, hence she couldn’t save herself. She fell off the ledge while bending down to take a selfie, but lost her balance.

Source: Indian Express July 31, 2016 08:03 UTC