Pune, 25th April 2022: A 28-year-old woman was seriously injured after she fell into a 100-foot-deep gorge off a cliff on Rajgad Fort after a swarm of bees attacked her and other tourists. The incident took place on Saturday.
The woman was rescued by a group of trekkers and treated at a hospital for head injury and fractures.
According to Pune rural police, the incident took place around 10 am at the Suwela Machi cliff. The woman, who is an engineer, had gone to the fort with her husband and another family member. The swarm of bees attacked them and other tourists. Her spectacle was lost while trying to escape and she fell into the gorge around 100 feet deep.
Coincidentally, a group of trekkers were on the fort for a trek. The group rescued her and brought her to a location from where she could be moved to a hospital.