A nurse lost her life by drowning after jumping into the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad. the incident happened around 2.40 pm near Subhash Bridge on the Sabarmati Riverfront. The reason for taking the extreme step is not known.
According to Bilal Ansari, a 21-year-old painter and witness, he and his friends were sitting nearby when they noticed a girl who was conversing on the phone for quite some time before dropping her phone and bag on a bench and jumping into the river.
Ansari said that he and his friends attempted to rescue her by throwing a dupatta (long scarf) towards her in the hope of pulling her back to safety. However, Bhumi did not catch it and instead moved in the opposite direction before drowning.
The Riverfront police and fire department personnel promptly arrived after being called by passersby and started a rescue operation. They were able to recover her body after around half-an-hour of search, following which she was declared dead.
The police identified the deceased as Bhumi Vaghela, 19, from the documents found in her bag. Her relatives were contacted from her phone lying next to her bag. The initial investigation has revealed that Bhumi was a resident of Sabarmati and worked as a nurse at a multispeciality hospital in Nirnaynagar. The police is further probing the matter.
Riverfront fire officer Bharat Mangela said that the recovery was not very complicated as they knew the exact location where she had jumped. It could have been a challenging situation due to the heavy flow of water, he added.