TikTok enthusiasm sinks Hyderabad youth

Hyderabad | Friday | 12th July, 2019

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By Express News ServiceHYDERABAD: A youngster’s enthusiasm to post a video on TikTok has cost him his life. The youth, Narsimhulu, who did not know how to swim, was shooting a clip of himself in a lake to post on the video-sharing app. Videos of Narsimhulu and his cousin Prashanth playing in the lake were shared on TikTok minutes before the tragedy. After shooting a couple of videos in the lake and sharing them on TikTok, the youngsters waded deep inside to shoot more videos. The police were also alerted, and rushed to the lake, but could not start searching for the youngster as it was already dark..