Nagpur teacher dies after fall into gorge while chasing monkey that snatched bag in Pachmarhi

A teacher from Nagpur who had gone to Pachmarhi, the well-known tourist destination in Madhya Pradesh, died after falling into a deep gorge. The tragic incident took place on Friday.

The deceased has been identified as Vijay Naik. He was 40 and worked as a teacher at Somalwar School in the Ramdaspeth area of Nagpur.

According to the information available, Naik had reached Pachmarhi from Nagpur on Thursday evening with a group of tourists. The next morning, on Friday, the group visited Priyadarshani Point.

Everyone there was enjoying the natural scenery and taking photographs. Meanwhile, a monkey snatched Naik's bag. He ran towards the monkey to get it back, but his foot slipped at that moment. He lost his balance and fell straight into the deep gorge.

On receiving news of the accident, Pachmarhi police reached the spot. With the help of local residents, the police recovered the body from the gorge after considerable effort.

After the post-mortem, the body was sent to Nagpur. The incident has caused alarm in the Pachmarhi area, and the Naik family has been plunged into grief.

Separately, another accident took place at midnight at Madgi in Bhandara district, on the Ramtek-Gondia highway. Work is under way on a cement road on the highway. Construction material lay scattered at several places and there was no lighting in the dark. As a result, a motorcycle went out of control and a serious accident occurred. Gajanan Tijare (38), a home guard jawan who was riding the bike, died in it.

The preliminary assessment is that the contractor had not put up any direction signboard or radium reflector at the accident site, and heaps of soil were also lying there, which led to the accident. Tumsar police are investigating the matter further.