Pic shows: The NCC cadets were taking a selfie when Vishwas drifted towards the middle of the pond and drowned (the man is drowning behind them).
This is the shocking moment a student was caught on camera drowning in a pond in selfie photos taken by his laughing pals.
The dead teenager, named only as Vishwas G., 17, was enjoying a picnic with fellow students from the National College in the city of Bangalore in south-western India's Karnataka state.
They went for a swim in the pond, during a college trip to a temple at Ravagondlu Betta, near Kanakapura, where Vishwas got into difficulties, unnoticed by his friends.
They continued laughing and posing for selfies in the water - not noticing that their friend had gone under the water behind them.
His grieving family later sat with his body outside the National College, in the Jayanagar area of Bangalore, in protest at his death.
They claimed lecturers in charge of the trip had been negligent but called off the action after management promised an investigation and disciplinary action against any member of staff found to be culpable.
Police confirmed that Vishwas G., the elder son of autorickshaw driver Govindaraju and his wife Sunanda, drowned in a 300-year-old temple tank.
Sumanth A., one of the students, said: "We had finished swimming and left for the Gundanjaneya temple and did not notice Vishwas's absence.
"One of the students was replaying his selfie photos and noticed Vishwas drowning being captured in the frame.
"He immediately alerted the NCC unit chief, Prof Girish, and other friends, and by the time they returned to the Kalyani, an hour had passed. Vishwas was nowhere to be seen."
Police said Prof Girish was present at the time but college authorities claimed that no faculty member had accompanied the students.
Local police officers later pulled Vishwas's body from the tanks and his parents rushed to the scene after they were alerted by his friends.
Ramanagara district SP Ramesh Banoth said: "The
Un grupo de amigos fue a pasar el día al National College de Bangalore, en la India. Tras almorzar, decidieron darse un baño en el lago. Comenzaron a hacerse fotos con un palo selfie sin percatarse de la ausencia de uno de ellos. «Habíamos terminado de nadar y nos fuimos al templo de Gundanjaneya y no nos dimos cuenta de la ausencia de Vishwas», asegura uno de los estudiantes.
Se dirigieron hacia un templo para hacer una visita. Fue entonces cuando se percataron de que su amigo no estaba con ellos. El grupo de jóvenes comenzó a repasar las fotos que se habían hecho y vieron cómo Vishwas G estaba al fondo de la foto ahogándose. De inmediato, avisaron a los profesores y a emergencias.
