In a one of its kind incident, a 44 year old man died while seven others were injured after a swarm of bees attacked the tourists on Saturday morning at Karnala bird sanctuary. The deceased, identified as Sandeep Purohit from Koparkhairane, had visited the sanctuary with his wife, son and family friends for a trek to Karnala Fort on Saturday morning.
At around 11 am, the forest officials received a distress call following which the officials along with a rescue team reached the top to rescue the tourists. According to police, the forest officials reached in about half an hour and found the tourists on the ground, trying to evade the bee sting while Purohit was unconscious as he had tripped and fell injuring his head.
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The injured tourists were taken to the Sub-District Hospital in Panvel, where Purohit was declared dead. “The bees usually attack only when someone does something to them. What would have gone wrong is being investigated. An accidental death report has been filed,” senior police inspector Gajanan Ghadge from Panvel Taluka police station said.
Superintendent Dr Ashok Gite from Panvel sub district hospital said, “Purohit was brought dead but the cause of death can be known only after the report of histopathology examination. In multiple sting trauma, sometime an allergic reaction can lead to cardiac arrest. Purohit had some minor abrasions on the forehead. The opinion is kept reserved as of now and the cause of death can be confirmed only after histopathology examination for which the samples are being sent to Sion Hospital. A total of 10 people received stings including the wife and son of the deceased and deceased himself.”
The seven who received bee stings, include students of VJTI engineering college who had come for a trek along with another group of students. The injured were identified as Rudrapratap Sahu (20) from Seawoods, Chirag Patil (19) from Matunga, Anish Salvi (19) from Borivali, Rishikesh Navghare (20) from Govandi, Ilmurugan Sankaran (55) from Khanda Colony, Vansh Wagh (19) and Vansh Pajay (19) from Sion.
