Bhopal: Pooja Kumari, National steeplechase athlete, was drowned in a pond she fell into while clicking selfies with her peers in the campus of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) near Bhopal on Sunday.
- Pooja along with her two friends went near a pond to take selfies.
- 20-year old Pooja did not know swimming.
- She was immediately taken to Chirayu hospital where she was declared dead.
- Her body was later sent for postmortem.
Pooja belongs to Kashipur city in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand. She had been undergoing training at SAI for last two years.