Selfie craze takes life of two in UP

Meerut: Two young men died after they slipped into a water tank while trying to click selfies here, police said on Monday.

The incident took place yesterday in the Sainik Vihar area when Shosit Singh and Rishabh Sharma attempted to click a selfie on top of the water tank, they said.

According to Station House Officer Pankaj Kumar, the men, both in their 20s, were rushed to hospital where they were declared dead.

Both the victims were doing a course in animation, he added.

Last month, a girl in Odisha died after falling into the cooling pond of Bokaro Steel Plant while taking selfie.