A woman, on Sunday, drowned in Kunhar River of Mansehra district while taking a selfie.
According to police officials, the woman tourist was taking a selfie on the brink of Kunhar River at Malkindi when she slipped and fell into the river. The woman belonged to the Sanghar area of Sindh, the police said, adding that she arrived in Kaghan along with her family for a picnic.
After being informed, police and rescue officials reached the scene and launched an operation to recover the victim from the river. The rescue operation to find the drowned woman still continued, said the police officials.
Last year on December 1st, a man drowned in Chenab River near Liaquatpur tehsil of Punjab’s Rahim Yar Khan district while taking a selfie with his smartphone, police had said.
Zeeshan Bashir, who had been taking a selfie in a boat, fell into the river. On getting information, a team of rescuers had reached the site and launched a search operation. Although his body had been retrieved after five hours of the unfortunate incident yet he was found dead.