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Police Open Probe Into Rajkot Resort Drowning Captured on CCTV

Officials await a post-mortem report to determine why the victim collapsed.

Overview

  • Police said Ajay Rathod, 33, lost consciousness by a swimming pool at Heaven Resort in Kagvad, Rajkot district, and drowned.
  • Resort CCTV shows him stand, pause, and sink into the water as people nearby do not step in.
  • Relatives later pulled him out, tried CPR, and took him to Rajkot Civil Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.
  • Investigators collected the CCTV footage and conducted a post-mortem at Rajkot Civil Hospital, with the medical cause to be confirmed after the report.
  • Accounts differ on the timing of the incident, and police are examining what triggered the fainting as the video draws scrutiny of bystander inaction.