--- description: Mumbai police identified 16 "no-selfie zones" after a man drowned trying to save a girl who fell into the ocean while taking a selfie title: Mumbai Creates 'No-Selfie Zones' After Drowning Death image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8282b6d2cb4561f/698878bdab6d77d44f6a7ef7/mumbai-selfies.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mumbai Creates 'No-Selfie Zones' After Drowning Death  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 12, 2016 4:49 PM CUT  The area where Ramesh Walunj was swept away while trying to rescue three girls who fell into the sea while clicking selfies in Mumbai, India on Jan. 11, 2016. The area where Ramesh Walunj was swept away while trying to rescue three girls who fell into the sea while clicking selfies in Mumbai, India on Jan. 11, 2016.Vidya Subramanian—Hindustan Times/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 12, 2016 4:49 PM CUT Mumbai police have [identified 16 “no-selfie zones”](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/12/mumbai-police-identify-16-no-selfie-zones-after-drowning "undefined") across the city on India’s west coast after a man drowned trying to save a girl who fell into the ocean while taking a photo of herself on Saturday. Officials deemed the 16 sites, which include major tourist attractions, dangerous for taking selfies, according to the Agence France-Presse. One of those sites is the place where the girl and two friends fell off rocks into the Arabian Sea while taking selfies. A passerby jumped in to save them but was caught in the waves. His body was found on Monday, and the girl is still missing, the AFP said. Selfies have been [banned in tourist spots around the world](http://fortune.com/2015/09/30/selfies-banned-tourists/ "undefined") due to the dangers posed by taking a photo in a scenic, if unsafe, setting — from the [bull run in Spain](http://time.com/2981513/8-of-the-worst-times-to-take-a-selfie/ "undefined") to a set of stairs at the Taj Mahal. In September, [officials instituted “no-selfie zones” at the Kumbh Mela](http://time.com/4019654/kumbh-mela-selfie-ban-crowds-india-stampede/ "undefined"), one of India’s largest Hindu festivals, to prevent bottlenecks in the enormous crowd. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4176864/mumbai-no-selfie-zones/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4176864/mumbai-no-selfie-zones/"},"headline":"Mumbai Creates 'No-Selfie Zones' After Drowning Death","datePublished":"2016-01-12T16:49:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:59:46.973Z","description":"The goal is to keep people from taking dangerous selfies","url":"https://time.com/4176864/mumbai-no-selfie-zones/","keywords":["India"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8282b6d2cb4561f/698878bdab6d77d44f6a7ef7/mumbai-selfies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8282b6d2cb4561f/698878bdab6d77d44f6a7ef7/mumbai-selfies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mumbai 'Selfie Mishap': Body Of Man Who Tried Rescuing Girls Found","caption":"Mumbai 'Selfie Mishap': Body Of Man Who Tried Rescuing Girls Found","creditText":"Vidya Subramanian—Hindustan Times/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4176864/mumbai-no-selfie-zones/","name":"Mumbai Creates 'No-Selfie Zones' After Drowning Death"}}]}] ```