[kellyhound]

A bet of just 500 rupees took away the life of a young man. To win a bet with his friends, 20-year-old Junaid jumped from Niwada bridge into the raging Yamuna river.

Junaid, originally a resident of Nangla village in Muzaffarnagar, has been living near the Idgah in Niwada village for a long time. Junaid used to run the household expenses by working as a labourer and used to load bricks in trucks.

On Wednesday afternoon, he reached the bridge with his three-four friends to check the water level of Yamuna.

During the conversation, the youths jokingly made a bet that whoever crosses the Yamuna will get 500 rupees. Junaid accepted this challenge and jumped from the bridge.

According to eyewitnesses, Junaid showed courage and tried to reach the other side of the river by swimming for about 600 meters. But due to the strong current, he suddenly lost his balance and drowned in the water.

He jumped into the waves and said- 'I lost... the water is very fast'.

Villagers and divers reached the spot after friends and passersby made noise. Search was done for a long time, but he could not be found.

[Mr.NoCredit]

Damn. He died for $5 dollars and some change.

[DarkSighted]

Originally Posted by Mr.NoCredit ↗

Damn. He died for $5 dollars and some change.

"Cause Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes..."

[marcos_69]

Was he crazy? What made him think his friend had 500 rupees?

[Spiffyfable]

I don't know... it looked like he was making ground

Dumb idea though from lousy friends

[William May]

Cheap way to get rid of an annoying neighbor. And you don't wind up paying, anyway, so Win-Win!

[TyrRoo]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

Cheap way to get rid of an annoying neighbor. And you don't wind up paying, anyway, so Win-Win!

Worse comes to worse, he comes back and you have to pay him... but now he's comparatively clean from the river so it's still a win!

[Geemonster]

Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

A bet of just 500 rupees took away the life of a young man. To win a bet with his friends, 20-year-old Junaid jumped from Niwada bridge into the raging Yamuna river.

Junaid, originally a resident of Nangla village in Muzaffarnagar, has been living near the Idgah in Niwada village for a long time. Junaid used to run the household expenses by working as a labourer and used to load bricks in trucks.

On Wednesday afternoon, he reached the bridge with his three-four friends to check the water level of Yamuna.

During the conversation, the youths jokingly made a bet that whoever crosses the Yamuna will get 500 rupees. Junaid accepted this challenge and jumped from the bridge.

According to eyewitnesses, Junaid showed courage and tried to reach the other side of the river by swimming for about 600 meters. But due to the strong current, he suddenly lost his balance and drowned in the water.

He jumped into the waves and said- 'I lost... the water is very fast'.

Villagers and divers reached the spot after friends and passersby made noise. Search was done for a long time, but he could not be found.

i saw this earlier, what an idiot accepting 500 rupees which in fact is known here in the UK as a monkey, however a monkey here is £500 whereas over there 500 rupees is appx $5-6
that current looked strong too, he was young and peer pressure i guess.

[Geemonster]

Originally Posted by marcos_69 ↗

Was he crazy? What made him think his friend had 500 rupees?

$5 appx with conversion

[kellyhound]

Originally Posted by Geemonster ↗

i saw this earlier, what an idiot accepting 500 rupees which in fact is known here in the UK as a monkey, however a monkey here is £500 whereas over there 500 rupees is appx $5-6
that current looked strong too, he was young and peer pressure i guess.

Yeah, that cheeky monkey was monkeying around for a monkey and now he found out.