TRAGIC! Woman tourist, instructor killed in paragliding accident in North Goa

In a tragic incident, a woman tourist and her instructor were killed as they crashed into a ravine while paragliding in North Goa.

The accident occurred at Keri village on Saturday evening.

27-year-old Shivani Dable, a resident of Pune, and her instructor, Sumal Nepali (26), a Nepalese national, crashed to death at Keri Plateau around 5 pm, the police said on Sunday.

Dable had opted to paraglide with an adventure sports company operating illegally, the official said.

As per the complaint, the paraglider plunged into a ravine soon after it took off from a cliff, killing the duo on the spot, the official said.

A case has been registered at Mandrem police station against company owner Shekhar Raizada under relevant provisions of the BNS for endangering human life.