Woman, Pilot Killed As Paraglide Crashes In Ravine In North Goa

The woman had decided to paraglide with an illegally operating adventure sports company in North Goa.

The paraglider plunged into a ravine soon after it took off from a cliff, killing the duo on the spot.

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A woman and her paragliding instructor died after they crashed into a ravine while they were paragliding in North Goa. The accident occurred at Keri village on Saturday around 5 pm.

According to a PTI report, 27-year-old Shivani Dable, a resident of Pune, and her instructor, Sumal Nepali, 26, a Nepalese national, crashed to death at Keri Plateau. The woman had decided to paraglide with an illegally operating adventure sports company.

In a complaint, it said that the paraglider plunged into a ravine soon after it took off from a cliff, killing the duo on the spot.

According to a report by The Indian Express, a police official said, that one of the cables of the glider is suspected to have snapped mid-flight, because of which they lost their balance and, in turn, crashed from a height. Police said both suffered serious injuries and were rushed to a hospital, where they were declared dead.

The police officer said that the families of both the deceased have been informed and an investigation has been initiated. Police have booked the owner of the adventure sports company conducting the paragliding under Section 105 of  Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita(BNS), 2023, for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

Police have accused Shekhar Raizada, the owner of an adventure sports company, of knowingly allowing his paraglider instructor to conduct paragliding activities with a tourist without obtaining permission from the appropriate authority, fully aware that this act would endanger lives. “The accused intentionally permitted the tourist and the unlicensed paragliding pilot to carry out paragliding from a height, resulting in death," The Indian Express quoted the police.

A case has been registered at Mandrem police station against company owner Shekhar Raizada under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita for endangering human life, as per PTI.