Nepalese teen electrocuted, hurt while taking selfie atop train

Bareilly | Sunday | 22nd April, 2018

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The selfie stick touched the high tension 25KV wire and the boy was electrocuted. Bareilly: A 17-year-old boy, Sijan Rawal, from Nepal climbed atop a train at Bareilly Junction to click a selfie at around 1 am on Sunday. He then climbed a train which had stopped for some time and started taking a selfie with his selfie-stick. Government Railway Police (GRP) took the boy to district hospital and his condition is serious. In the process, his selfie-stick came in contact with a high tension wire and he got electric shock and fell from the coach.’’Inspector Vijay Kumar of GRP said, “An accident happened at around 1 am at platform number 1..