Horrifying footage shows a tourist being swept to his death in front of his wife and friends while taking photos at a notoriously dangerous tourist hotspot in Bali.
Father of two Nilesh Mukhi, 59, was found Thursday morning, a day after an intense wave knocked him off a cliff at Angel’s Billabong, a natural infinity pool already known as a “death trap” because of other tourists’ deaths there.
Mukhi was taking pictures at the beautiful spot on Wednesday when a big wave swept him and his wife, Kavita, into the water.
“From the information we got from local police, Mukhi and his wife, Kavita, stood very close to the edge to be photographed,” Amin Asghar, president of travel agency Skal International, told the Times of India.
“Since it was a full moon, the sea was rough and there were big waves. The driver who was taking the photograph asked the two to move away from the cliff’s edge. But before they could do so, a large wave hit the cliff and dragged Mukhi into the sea,” Asghar said.
Kavita was quickly rescued. She was bruised but not seriously injured.
Her husband’s body was found the next day in Nusa Dua, roughly 12 miles from Angel’s Billabong, after a search led by local police and the Indonesian navy, according to the outlet.
Only a short ferry or boat ride away from mainland Bali on the island of Nusa Penida, Angel’s Billabong is a major attraction for the beauty of its natural infinity pool and clear blue waters.
But it has also been labeled a “death trap” by tourists who have had nearly fatal experiences at the spot, according to News.au.
A similar incident to Mukhi’s occurred in 2018 when Chinese national Qiuwei Anhui, 46, was swept away by a wave and drowned while also taking a selfie, the outlet reported.
In 2016, Australian Brad Williams and his wife, Lestari Williams, were honeymooning when they were hit by a wave along the rocks at Angel’s Billabong. Lestari washed up on the shore the following day.
Mukhi was from Kolkata, India, and acted as a travel agent for Skal International.
He leaves behind his sons, Gaurav and Yash.
