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Three teenage students drown in lake while taking selfie

09:50 AM Oct 16, 2018 | Team Udayavani |

Bengaluru: The craze for selfie claimed the lives of three teenage students as they drowned in Nijagalkere lake on the outskirts of Bengaluru Monday, police said.

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The boys were among 50 students from Siddaganga Pre-University College in Tumakuru district who had come to Dobbespet to take part in the National Service Scheme (NSS) camp for service.

Three students, in the age group of 16-17, went to the Siddheshwara shrine.

They later went to see the nearby lake there and could not resist the temptation to click a selfie.

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Suddenly, one of them slipped and started drowning as he was posing for the shot.

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The other two jumped in to save him and they too drowned, police said.

The bodies have been recovered.

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