A young man in Kendrapada district sustained critical burn injuries after his mobile phone exploded while he was riding a two-wheeler on Wednesday.
The youth, identified as Chandramani Sethi, who in his 20s, was moving on his vehicle when the mobile phone in his pocket exploded at Mahadevpatna village under the Aul police limits. He sustained injuries in his thigh. He was admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital here in a serious condition.