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Boy dies imitating reality show stunt

Hindustan Times | By, Lucknow
Apr 20, 2009 01:10 AM IST

Copying a stunt from a reality show cost a nine-year-old boy his life. Chandan Singh Rawat, an ardent fan of MTV’s reality show Roadies accidentally hanged himself while imitating a stunt from the show.

Copying a stunt from a reality show cost a nine-year-old boy his life. Chandan Singh Rawat, an ardent fan of MTV’s reality show Roadies accidentally hanged himself while imitating a stunt from the show.

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Chandan, who was living here with his uncle Bhagat Singh for the past four years, had watched the Roadies episode where two female contestants were made to stand on a wooden stool with their hands tied. A rope was also placed around their neck.

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Another semi-finalist was then given three minutes to save one of them.

“He watched the episode with his friends and tried to imitate the stunt after his friends left. After hearing a loud noise, I rushed to the room and found Chandan hanging from the ceiling fan,” Bhagat Singh told mediapersons.

Singh’s nephew Kamlesh, 8, who also lives with them, told the police that Chandan, a class III student, had spoken about imitating the television stunt. He had also arranged for the stockings from Singh’s daughter Mitali.

Vikas Nagar Station Officer Sanjay Rai said a preliminary investigation suggested that the boy died while trying to imitate the reality show. The body has been sent for a post-mortem examination and further investigations are on.

Chandan was taken to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead. His father is a farmer in Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand. His parents have been informed about the incident.

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