“He had an obsession to visit new places, wear new clothes and shoes and click pictures of himself which he would immediately post on Facebook and WhatsAap. He would keep a complete record of the number ‘Facebook Likes’ and comments,” Vikrant Borkar, a close friend of Pankaj, told The Hindu. The live video he shared on Facebook Live, minutes before the boat capsized, has gone viral. Three survivors of Sunday’s tragedy — Amol Dodke, Roshan Dodke and Atul Bawane — continue to be in a state of “mental shock” and are admitted to a hospital here. Roshan insisted on going back again to save his friends but some onlookers stopped him,” a friend of Mr. Dodke told The Hindu.

Source: The Hindu July 11, 2017 18:56 UTC