Mumbai-based travel influencer Aanvi Kamdar, 27, died after falling into a gorge while shooting an Instagram Reel. Kamdar, a chartered accountant by profession who used to record travel videos and post on Instagram under the handle @theglocaljournal, had gone for an outing to the famous Kumbhe waterfall in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on July 16.
She was accompanied by a group of seven friends, according to the media reports. A Mangaon police station official said, ‘While shooting a video, Kamdar slipped and fell into a 300-foot gorge’.
Local authorities were alerted by her friends and quickly jumped into action. Support came from the Coast Guard, Kolad rescue team, and Maharashtra State Electricity Board staff along with the rescue team.
A rescuer said, ‘As soon as we reached the spot, we realised that the girl has fallen nearly 300-350 feet. Even after reaching her, it was difficult to get her up, as she was injured and it was raining heavily. So we decided to get her out using a vertical pulley’.
Another person involved in the rescue said that large stones kept falling down the gorge, further making the rescue operation difficult. Kamdar was pulled out of the gorge after a six-hour operation. However, she suffered serious injuries in the accident and succumbed to her injuries at the hospital.
Mangaon police station official said, ‘Her rescuers rushed her to nearby Mangaon taluka government hospital, where she died during treatment’.
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