by 
A Japanese tourist who was attempting to take a selfie at the Taj Mahal has died after he fell down some steps and suffered a heart attack. Sixty-six-year-old Hideto Uedo was believed to have been taking a photograph at the Royal Gate when the incident occurred, ‘He was rushed in an ambulance to the hospital but he could not be revived,’ Sushant Gaur told AFP.
‘A post mortem was carried out and the cause of death is heart attack. We have duly informed the Japanese embassy about the unfortunate incident.’ Mr Ueda was accompanied by three others as well as a local guide when he collapsed just after climbing up the stairs at the white marble tomb, said the officer in charge of the tourist police station in Agra.
The BBC quoted an eyewitness, Sagar Singh, as saying the tourist fell while taking a selfie at the Taj Mahal’s Royal Gate.
The Telegraph reports that another member of the group fractured their leg after also falling down the stairs.
Read more: Tourist dies at India’s Taj Mahal ‘while taking a selfie’ – Telegraph