A trainee IAS officer drowned in the early hours of Tuesday when he jumped into a swimming pool of a training institute to save a woman colleague, police said.
Ashish Dahiya (30), who hails from Haryana’s Sonepat, was rushed to Fortis Hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Suspecting foul play, his family members have sought investigation. They said he was a good swimmer.
Dahiya was at a poolside party at the Foreign Service Institute in Ber Serai, near the Jawaharlal Nehru University, when the incident took place. Police suspect that he had consumed alcohol.
Dahiya and around 30 trainee civil servants had gathered to celebrate their last day of training. At around 1 am, some of them decided to go for a swim.
A woman officer accidentally fell into the pool and a few trainee officers, including Dahiya, jumped to rescue her. The woman was pulled out safely.
However, Dahiya did not come out of the pool. He was then seen unconscious and floating.
A medical officer was called but attempts to revive him with CPR before he was taken to hospital did not help.
