New information has come to light in the case of the tragic death of actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee. According to eyewitnesses, Rahul lost his life while trying to save one of his female co-stars. This accident happened at Talasari Beach in Odisha when he was shooting for a TV serial.
How did this accident happen?
According to local boatmen, the water was knee-deep during the shooting. Then suddenly the female co-star’s foot slipped and she fell into a deep pit of water. She was wearing a saree, which got stuck in water. Rahul moved forward to save them, but in the meantime he himself got caught in the deep water. While the crew members immediately rescued the female artist, it took about an hour to pull Rahul out of the water.
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Revealed in postmortem report
Police said that Rahul’s postmortem report revealed that his lungs were filled with a large amount of sand and salty sea water. This means that they struggled to breathe for a long time under water. When he was taken out, he was alive and writhing in pain, but on reaching the hospital, doctors declared him dead.
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gross negligence in security
Balasore Police has pointed out the gross negligence of the production team in this matter. Police say that neither permission was taken from Odisha Police for the shooting nor the local police was informed about it. Officials say that if they had known, lifeguards, doctors and rescue boats would have been deployed there, due to which perhaps this accident could have been avoided. At present, Bengal and Odisha police are jointly investigating this matter.