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This is an archive article published on December 4, 2017

21-year-old student from Ludhiana drowns off beach in New Zealand

Three of the youths, including Akhil, went into the deeper part of the sea and were swept away by a huge tide, sources said. Divers were successful in saving two of them, sources added.

Ludhiana boy dies, ludhiana boy drowns Akhil Tangri

A 21-year-old man from Ludhiania, who had gone to New Zealand on a student visa,  reportedly drowned off a beach Friday.

Identified as Akhil Tangri, he was from Janakpuri area of Ludhiana. On Friday, he went out to celebrate a friend’s birthday with seven other friends. After the party, three of them had gone to Maori Bay beach near Muriwai in West Auckland for a swim. Three of the youths, including Akhil, went into the deeper part of the sea and were swept away by a huge tide, sources said. Divers were successful in saving two of them, they added.

His family members in Ludhiana were informed Saturday and the body is expected to reach Ludhiana Thursday. Akhil’s elder brother refusing to speak to mediapersons. “We cannot say anything as of now. We need privacy. My parents still have not been informed about the tragedy,” he said.

Akhil had reportedly gone to Auckland in July this year on a student visa. His father is a businessman. On Friday, Akhil had reportedly called up his family and informed them about his friend’s birthday party and said he was “too excited” about it.

Divya Goyal is a Principal Correspondent with The Indian Express, based in Punjab. Her interest lies in exploring both news and feature stories, with an effort to reflect human interest at the heart of each piece. She writes on gender issues, education, politics, Sikh diaspora, heritage, the Partition among other subjects. She has also extensively covered issues of minority communities in Pakistan and Afghanistan. She also explores the legacy of India's partition and distinct stories from both West and East Punjab. She is a gold medalist from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Delhi, the most revered government institute for media studies in India, from where she pursued English Journalism (Print). Her research work on “Role of micro-blogging platform Twitter in content generation in newspapers” had won accolades at IIMC. She had started her career in print journalism with Hindustan Times before switching to The Indian Express in 2012. Her investigative report in 2019 on gender disparity while treating women drug addicts in Punjab won her the Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity in 2020. She won another Laadli for her ground report on the struggle of two girls who ride a boat to reach their school in the border village of Punjab.       ... Read More

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