Ranveer Allahbadia and girlfriend saved from drowning in Goa by IPS officer: ‘I started fading away’

YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia aka BeerBiceps has revealed that he nearly drowned while swimming in Goa and had to be rescued by an IPS officer and his IRS wife.

Updated on: Dec 26, 2024, 13:22:04 IST

By Sanya Jain

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YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia aka BeerBiceps has revealed that he nearly drowned while swimming in Goa and had to be rescued by an IPS officer and his IRS wife. The podcast host shared his ordeal in an Instagram post yesterday. Ranveer said he was swimming in the open sea with his girlfriend when they were both swept away by an underwater current.

Ranveer Allahbadia says he and his girlfriend were nearly swept out to sea in Goa (Instagram/BeerBiceps)

“Swept away by an underwater current”

“We're perfectly fine and well now. But yesterday at 6:00 pm or so, my girlfriend and I had to be rescued from a bit of a situation,” Ranveer said in his Instagram post on Christmas day.

The YouTuber said he had always loved swimming in the open ocean and had been doing so since he was a child. But on December 24, he and his girlfriend were swept away by an underwater current while swimming in the sea in Goa.

Ranveer said that he struggled for five to 10 minutes and started losing consciousness before he called for help. Luckily for him and his girlfriend, there was a family swimming nearby that immediately came to his rescue.

“A casual, fun dip in the waves was interrupted by an underwater current that toppled both of us. The next thing we knew was that we were both struggling to stay afloat,” the YouTuber wrote.

“There was a point during the ordeal where I swallowed a lot of water and started fading away a little bit. That's when I decided to shout for help.

“Deep gratitude to the family of the IPS officer husband and IRS officer wife who saved us both,” he said.

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Ranveer Allahbadia has consistently refused to reveal the name of his girlfriend. In his Instagram post, he shared photographs that do not reveal her face.

“This experience left us feeling both blank as well as grateful. We felt the protection of God throughout the incident,” he wrote.

He ended his post by wishing his followers a Merry Christmas.

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Sanya Jain
Sanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.Read More

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