Mehsana: A Korean citizen died after a parachute cracked due to a Chinese kite string during paragliding at Visatpura in Kadi taluka in Mehsana.

A 3-day Shashtipurti samaroh of Shri TO Patel Sarvoday Highschool in Dharampur was held on the 24th, 25th, and 26th of December. An industrialist of Visatpura village, currently living in Vadodara, invited his two Korean friends. They were going to shower flowers from the parachute during a tiranga yatra to be held on Sunday under Shashtipurti samaroh. The Korean citizens went to Visatpura for trial on Saturday evening. The parachute cracked after coming into contact with a Chinese kite string during the trail. The parachute fell down on the ground behind the high school of Visatpura. Korean citizen Shin Byeong Moon (age 50 years) was admitted to Kadi Bhagyoday hospital due to severe injuries. He died during the treatment.

Kadi police did a post-mortem with help of penal doctors and sent the dead body to the cold storage of Bhagyoday Hospital. DeshGujarat