IAS officer drowns in pool, family suspects foul play

A pool side party of young bureaucrats turned tragic when a 30-year-old newly inducted IAS officer Ashish Dahiya, drowned while saving his colleague from drowning late on Monday night, at the Foreign Service Institute in South Delhi.

While Dahiya’s family has alleged foul play claiming he was an excellent swimmer, police have ruled out any such possibility.

Policeman-turned-bureaucrat, Dahiya was to leave for J&K soon for his first posting as an IAS officer.

Having arrived from the Indian Administrative Service training center in Mussoorie on Sunday, Dahiya, a former Deputy Superintendent of Police in Himachal Pradesh, had to leave for J&K for his first posting as an IAS. He was married for a year-and-a-half to his doctor (MBBS) wife Pragya Dahiya, who is also preparing for civil services.

The tragedy unfolded as Dahiya along with his batch-mates and a few IRS officer friends had gathered at the Foreign Service Institute at Ber Sarai area on Monday, to celebrate their convocation which had concluded a few hours before.

According to the police, Dahiya along with a few of his friends and a woman colleague, entered the pool.

While they were all partying, the woman suddenly lost balance and slipped in the water. Seeing her drown and panicking …read more