Nagpur teacher dies after falling 150 feet into gorge while retrieving monkey-snatched bag during school trip | Bhopal News

Nagpur teacher dies after falling 150 feet into gorge while retrieving monkey-snatched bag during school trip
Nayak had climbed over the safety railing to retrieve a bag snatched by a monkey (AI Image)

BHOPAL: A 52-year-old teacher from Nagpur died on Friday after falling nearly 150 feet into a gorge at Priyadarshini View Point in Pachmarhi, Narmadapuram district, Madhya Pradesh.He had climbed over the safety railing to retrieve a bag snatched by a monkey.The deceased, Vijay Nayak, was visiting the hill station on a school trip with a group of 20 schoolchildren and several other teachers.His father was also travelling with the group.According to an accompanying teacher, the group reached the viewpoint at around 6.45 am, when a monkey snatched a bag. Nayak crossed the railing to get it back, lost his balance and plunged into the gorge.Police and local residents immediately launched a rescue operation.The team had to trek nearly 3 km through difficult terrain to reach the spot. After about three and a half hours, the body was brought up on a stretcher at around 9.30 am.The body was sent to a government hospital for postmortem and then handed over to the family, who left for Nagpur.

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