Two students killed after 'falling off edge of waterfall while taking a selfie'

19 April 2024 , 08:19

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The young men were found dead at the Linn of Tummel waterfall in Perthshire (Image: Google Maps)

Tributes have been paid to two university students found dead at the foot of a waterfall in Scotland this week.

Emergency services raced to the Linn of Tummel waterfall, near Blair Atholl in Perthshire, after the alarm was raised at around 7pm on Wednesday. Following searches of the area, two bodies were recovered from the water.

They have since been identified as Jitendranath Karuturi, 26, and Chanhakya Bolisetti, 22, who were both studying for a master’s degree in data science and engineering at the University of Dundee. Local reports suggested they had been taking a photo of themselves when they toppled over the edge into the water.

Jitendranath Karuturi was praised as "very popular" by workmates (Daily Record)

A spokesman for the university said: “This has been a tragic accident which has shocked us all, and our thoughts are with the families and friends of the students. We have been providing support to those families and friends at this extremely difficult time.”

Officers from scotland > Police Scotland are continuing enquiries to establish what happened, although it would appear there were not any suspicious circumstances. A Police Scotland spokesperson earlier said: “Around 7pm on Wednesday, we received a report of two men, aged 22 and 26 years, in the water at the Linn of Tummel waterfall near Blair Atholl.

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Chanhakya Bolisetti also died in the tragedy (Daily Record)

“Emergency services attended and following searches in the area, the bodies of two men were recovered from the water. Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances, however, there would not appear to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding these deaths. A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.”

It was reported the pair worked at the Taza Indian buffet restaurant in Dundee. Manager Vaseem Salimi told the Courier : “Everybody is devastated, Jitu was really popular with everybody. He was very polite and mild-mannered – you would get no drama from him.

“He was calm all the time, he never had an argument or fell out with anybody. He was extremely reliable for work. He never let us down ever. He was hard working and never got flustered when it was busy.”

Antony Clements-Thrower