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Chandigarh youth falls from second floor, fractures leg while making TikTok video

The victim along with his friends was making a video for the social media video app TikTok when he lost balance and fell from the balcony of his house.

Updated on: Aug 08, 2019 11:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times,Chandigarh | By
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A 22-year-old man suffered a fracture in his left leg after he fell from the second floor at his house in Sector 47, while making a TikTok video on Wednesday.

A 22-year-old man suffered a fracture in his left leg,while making a TikTok video. (AFP photo)
A 22-year-old man suffered a fracture in his left leg,while making a TikTok video. (AFP photo)

The victim has been identified as Neeraj, who along with his friends was making a video for the social media video app when he lost balance and fell from the balcony of his house.

Neeraj was rushed to Government Multi Specialty Hospital, Sector 16. Doctors said he suffered fracture in his leg at four places and will require surgery to fix the broken bones. He was later discharged from hospital.

The incident comes a week after an 18-year-old student was hit by a train while filming a TikTok video near Patna. On July 26, in another TikTok-related death in Bihar, a youth attempting a video in flood waters was swept away.

The Chinese viral short video platform, which completed one year this month, has its largest user base in India. Amid its explosive popularity, the app faced a potential ban in the country when the Madras High Court accused it of “encouraging pornography”. It was later let off with a warning.

According to officials privy to the matter, senior superintendent of police(SSP) Nilambari Jagadale has initiated a departmental inquiry against Kaur.

Recently, a woman cop in Bihar was suspended for making TikTok video in her civvies with the lockup in the background.

 
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