Bareilly, 25 January 2025- Google Maps has once again fooled people in Bareilly. This time two French citizens going from Delhi to Kathmandu by bicycle became the victims of this trap . They lost their way and reached near Churaili Dam in Baheri area.
It was late night so they started setting up their tent there. When the light on their helmets flashed in the dark, the villagers started shouting that they were aliens. On receiving the information, policemen from Churaili Dam outpost reached there. When they could not understand their language, they made them talk to the officers. CO, Baheri put them on the right track.
According to the police, Brian Jacques Gilbert and Sebastian Francois Gabriel had come to Delhi by flight on January 7. The next day they left for Kathmandu from Delhi by bicycle. Both were moving ahead with the help of Google Maps.
They had to go to Kathmandu via Tanakpur, but lost their way and reached Churaili Dam. There, on Thursday night at 10:30, the French citizens, troubled by the dense fog, asked for help from the locals, so they brought them to the police outpost.
When the policemen could not understand their French language, they informed the officers. SSP Anurag Arya understood the problem by talking to both of them on a phone call. CO Arun Kumar showed the right direction to both the French citizens.
The CO took them out of his area towards Pulbhatta on the Uttarakhand border. The video of the CO talking to them and accompanying them is going viral on social media.
The French citizens had come for a trip. They had lost their way in the fog. They have been safely taken ahead. – Anurag Arya, SSP
Three lives were lost due to the deception of Google Maps
A few months ago, three car riders travelling with the help of Google Maps lost their lives in an accident. Their car fell down from the incomplete bridge of Ramganga river between Faridpur and Dataganj. Similarly, a few days ago, people in a car in Izzatnagar lost their way due to Google Maps.