Amruta Fadnavis, the wife of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, apologised on Monday after being shredded on social media over a video in which she is seen taking what appears to be a risky selfie on the edge of a cruise ship.
"If anyone thinks I have made a mistake then I apologise for it...I want to tell the youth that they should not take excessive risk to take selfies," Ms Fadnavis told a Marathi TV channel. But she insisted that the spot where she took selfies was safe.
"The spot where I clicked selfie was not dangerous because there were two more steps below," she said.
#WATCH: Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, being cautioned by security personnel onboard India's first domestic cruise Angria. She had crossed the safety range of the cruise ship. pic.twitter.com/YYc47gLkHd
— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2018
Ms Fadnavis faced a barrage of criticism on Twitter after reports said she had ignored police warnings and gone beyond the safe zone on the deck to take a selfie. She was on the luxury liner on Saturday for its inauguration by her husband, along with union minister Nitin Gadkari.
Several tweets questioned what was described as irresponsible behaviour from a Chief Minister's wife.
According to a 2017 report by researchers of Carnegie Mellon University and a Delhi-based institute, India has recorded the highest number of selfie-related deaths between 2014 and 2016. The Mumbai police have banned selfies at 15 sites because of the danger.
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