The obsessive urge for TikTok videos turned fatal for a minor boy when he was choked to death while enacting a suicide act on Thursday night at Lenkdipada village in Nayagarh district.
The deceased was identified as Premananda (16), son of Ananda Chandra Sahu. He was a student of the DRDA Road Saraswati Sisu Mandir in Nayagarh. For the last few days, he was staying at a relative’s house at Lenkudipada.
Reports said Premanand had gone to film a TikTok video keeping his phone at a window of the house. He was supposed to play a suicide act. While pretending, he hanged himself from the ceiling fan of the house with a saree. Unfortunately, he got choked to death.
After finding him dead, his relatives called up police. The Town police reached the spot, recovered the body and sent it to hospital for postmortem after registering an UD case in this connection.