Selfie craze claims lives of 3 girls in Nizamabad, Telangana State

Nizamabad: Three girls from Bodhan town died when they fell into Ali Sagar Project in the district while taking selfies at the boating point of the project on Sunday evening.

Two of the girls were from Hyderabad and were visiting their relatives at Rakasipet in Bodhan town on Sunday. The families had gone on a picnic to Ali Sagar Project.

They took a boat ride in the project waters and were taking



selfies when one of the girls fell into the water. Two other girls who tried to rescue her also fell into the reservoir. Since none of them knew swimming, they drowned. The deceased were identified as Jubera (16), Meraj (14) and Mashra (12).

The girls are related to a Bodhan municipal ward councilor. A total of six persons have died in erstwhile Nizamabad district in the last two days.