A government employee drowned in India after a diver refused to come to his rescue over money. Adityavardhan Singh, a deputy director of the state health department, drowned in the Ganga river while visiting the Nanamau ghat in Bilhaur, Kanpur, on Saturday (August 31).
Singh’s friends, who had accompanied him, requested the help of a diver who was present at the ghat (a series of steps leading down to a body of water) to rescue him.
However, the diver demanded 10,000 rupees (approximately $119) and said that he would jump into the river only after the money was paid, the Deccan Herald reported on Sunday (September 1).
