MP: Car falls into waterfall in Indore, father-daughter saved by fellow picnickers; video goes viral
Indore, Aug 7: A man jumped into the plunge pool of a waterfall in Indore in Madhya Pradesh after a car fell into it and managed to save one of the occupants, while the other was saved by those in the vicinity who followed suit.
A video of the incident, which took place in Simrol, some 60 kilometres from Indore city, on Sunday, went viral on social media.
In the video, the red car can be seen coming towards the edge of a rock surface and falling into the plunge pool after flipping over once, during which its front door opened and then shut again.
A man close to the pool can be seen jumping in and swimming towards the car, from which screams of a young girl could be heard. In the video, others can be seen climbing down from the edge of the rock surface and moving towards the car.
"I saw a car falling into the waterfall. A man and his 13-year-old daughter, who were the two occupants of the car, were trying hard to get off even as the vehicle was sliding. However, the car fell while the duo was inside," Sumit rpt Sumit Mathew (26), who works in a private firm, told PTI.
"They were drowning. I jumped in and saved the man inside the car. His daughter was saved by those around. I was in shock for sometime looking at the incident but then gathered courage to jump in," he said.
Mathew said he is happy that both father and daughter were saved.
Meanwhile, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Sunil Mehta said the incident took place due to the negligence of the driver.
"The car was negligently parked very close to the pool of the waterfall. We have learnt that the car started rolling after its trunk was closed forcefully and then fell into the pool of the waterfall," the SP said.
The area had a sizable number of picnickers due the monsoon as well as it being a Sunday, eyewitnesses said.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
