IAS officer drowns trying to save friend
A 30-year-old trainee IAS officer drowned in a swimming pool of Foreign Service Institute in south Delhi’s Ber Sarai around midnight on Monday while trying to save a friend from drowning, Delhi Police said.
An ace swimmer, Ashish Dahiya was a 2016 batch IAS trainee and a native of Sonepat in Haryana. He and his friends from the IFS and IRS had gathered for a poolside party at the institute run by the ministry of external affairs on Monday night.
“Eyewitnesses said that a woman trainee slipped into the pool after which several young officers, including Dahiya, tried to rescue her. Though the woman was safely pulled out, the group noticed that Ashish was missing. He was found floating in the pool soon after,” said Chinmoy Biswal, Additional DCP (South).
He was brought out of the pool and the station medical officer, Dr Pramyesh Bansal, called. “Attempts were made to administer
ASHISH AND HIS FRIENDS HAD GATHERED FOR A POOL PARTY AT FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE IN S DELHI
CPR to the deceased before he was rushed to Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj. He was declared brought dead at 12.50am,” said the officer.
Bansal said that evidence from the spot suggested that the revelers consumed alcohol during the party. The body has been moved to AIIMS for a post-mortem examination. His family has been informed of his death.