Engrossed in playing PUBG, 20-yr-old drinks chemical instead of water, dies: Police
According to the dead man’s friend, the former was busy playing PUBG and was reportedly so occupied that instead of taking out the water bottle from his bag, he mistakenly took out the bottle of chemical and drank from it without checking.
Engrossed in playing a game on his mobile phone, a 20-year-old youth died when he consumed a chemical in place of water while travelling in a train on Tuesday, said government railway police (GRP) -- Agra Cantonment.
Police said that the body had been sent for post-mortem examination. (Representational Image)
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The deceased was travelling with his friend who dealt in ornaments and was carrying a chemical used for polishing jewellery in his bag, said police, adding that the body had been sent for post-mortem examination.
“The deceased has been identified as Saurabh Yadav, 20, of Gwalior. He worked as a parking lot attendant. On Tuesday, he was travelling with one Santosh Sharma from Gwalior to Agra. Both had a common travel bag. Santosh was going to Agra in connection with his business of ornament polishing,” said Vijay Singh, in-charge GRP station, Agra Cantt railway station.
“According to Santosh, the deceased was busy playing PUBG (an online multiplayer battle game) on his mobile phone while travelling. Reportedly, he was so occupied that instead of taking out the water bottle, he mistakenly took out the bottle of chemical and drank from it without checking,” said Singh.
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The officer said that the liquid consumed by Saurabh was used in cleaning and polishing ornaments.
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The officer said that the liquid consumed by Saurabh was used in cleaning and polishing ornaments.
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“It caused deterioration in his health and he collapsed near Morena (between Agra and Gwalior). Saurabh was dead by the time the train reached the Agra Cantt railway station,” said the GRP station in-charge.
Police said family members of both the friends had reached Agra.
“The post-mortem examination report is awaited to get better clarity in the matter,” said Singh.
Hemendra Chaturvedi is a senior journalist based at Agra. He covers eight districts of Agra and Aligarh division namely Agra, Mathura, Mainpuri, Firozabad, Aligarh, Etah, Kasganj and Hathras. He had been with HT since 1992 and has completed three decades of association with HT and has worked for Hindustan Times only all through his career of about 35 years. Having Masters in Chemistry, Hemendra is also a law graduate with diploma in Personnel Management and has utilised broad based academic qualifications in his indepth, accurate and high impact stories from this part of western Uttar Pradesh while being based in the city of Taj Mahal. In such long span of career with Hindustan Times, Hemendra Chaturvedi has led his team of reporters which was instrumental in bringing out supplements including Region Scan, Agra Live, HT City time to time and proven his leadership qualities and has made presence of HT felt in the region covered by him. In the process of time, Hemendra has attained expertise in a variety of beats, being sole reporter for HT and has covered Aligarh Muslim University, Taj Mahal centric tourism, religiously sensitive city of Mathura and had been witness to Agra Summit having attendance of top leaders of India and Pakistan.
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