A girl in India was killed when the smartphone she was using blew with a blast, Daily Mail reported.
Uma Oram, 18, was reportedly charging the device as well as talking to a relative on it at her home in Odisha state when the incident happened.
The youth suffered injuries to her hand, chest and leg which led her to fall unconscious before reaching the hospital. She was later confirmed dead.
Oram’s brother said she was going to talk to a family member but had figured that the cell phone’s battery was running out.
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“As the battery of the mobile phone was draining out, she plugged it for charging while talking over it simultaneously,” he said.
“Before we could know what exactly happened, she fell unconscious. She was declared dead at the hospital.”
The cause of the explosion is not clear yet.
Police reportedly visited the site of the incident occurred to gather information as an investigation has been started and the girl’s body shifted to a hospital for a post-mortem.
A ninth grader has left his home, after his parents scolded him for using Facebook in a Multan school on Wednesday.
Abdullah Muzaffar, 13, was caught using the social networking website by one of his teachers, who subsequently complained to his parents, police said.
According to the teacher, Muzaffar would be distracted during class lecture owing to usage of Facebook.
As a result, his parents admonished him leading him to run away from home.
A complaint has been lodged at Gulgasht police station on his disappearance and an investigation was underway.
On March 11 last year, a teenage boy tragically took his own life in Haripur district after his parents confiscated his mobile phone.
Ali Zaman, the father of the deceased, said his son Aqeel Ahmed, 18, was studying at a private college in Haripur. He went on to add how teachers had complained of Ahmed’s excessive phone usage during class hours.
“Teachers had punished him on several occasions for using his phone. They then told us to restrict his access to his cell phone,” said Zaman, who is the resident of Village Alooli.
When Zaman finally decided to confiscate his son’s cellphone, Ahmed didn’t take the decision too well. On Friday evening, the boy consumed rat poison in a bid to commit suicide.
He was first taken to Teaching Hospital Haripur and later shifted to the Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad. However, doctors were not able to save his life.
