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In a freak incident, a 3rd twelvemonth engineering pupil of Sri Venkateswara University successful Tirupati was critically injured aft accidentally slipping into a 50-foot-deep gorge portion taking a selfie atop the Horsley Hills adjacent Madanapalle of Annamayya territory connected Monday (January 12, 2026).
According to the B. Kothakota police, the youth, identified arsenic Purushottam of Palamaner town, came to the elevation presumption on with his classmates and friends connected Sunday night. Soon aft dawn, the radical reached the precipitous Galibanda constituent atop the hill. While taking a selfie with his friends, helium abruptly slipped disconnected the ledge and fell into the gorge. Due to heavy fog, the rescue cognition was delayed for an hour. The constabulary traced the injured youth, who was caught amidst bushes, and rushed him to the Government District Hospital successful Madanapalle, wherever his information was reported to beryllium unchangeable contempt aggregate injuries to his face.
The constabulary cautioned visitors to enactment distant from unsafe locations astatine the elevation station, peculiarly during the twilight hours.
