Panaji, 19 January
A female tourist (27) and her instructor died after falling into a gorge while paragliding in North Goa. The accident took place on Saturday evening in Keri village. The official said that Shivani Dable, a resident of Pune, and her instructor Sumal Nepali (26) died after falling into the gorge around five o’clock in the evening. The official said Dable had chosen to go paragliding with an adventure sports company operating illegally. According to the complaint, as soon as these two took off from a peak, their paraglider fell into a ravine and both of them died there. A case has been registered in the Mandram police station under various sections of the Indian Penal Code against the owner of Adventure Sports Company Shekhar Raizada for endangering human life. -News-Patiala