TikTok

Purulia district

West Bengal

India

Madras High Court

On Sunday night, a teenage boy lost his life while shooting avideos. He was hit by a train on a railway track inofwhile he was shooting the videos with his friends.The boy identified as Noor Ansari. Locals had warned the boys to stay away from the railway tracks. But, they did not listen to anyone, an eyewitness said.“When the locals tried to stop the boys from shooting the videos on the railway tracks, the group moved further from the location and started shooting on their phone. They were so engrossed in shooting, they did not even hear the sound of the train,” an eyewitness said.After being hit by the train, the boys were severely injured. One among them identified as Noor Ansari was bleeding profusely from his nose and mouth. They were rushed to a state-run Deben Mahato Sub-Divisional Hospital in Purulia town where Noor was declared brought dead. Other boys are undergoing treatment in the hospital.Mohd Rafiq Ansari claimed that he spoke to his son at 5.30 pm for the last time. "When I asked him where was he, Noor said that he was in the railway station. Late in the evening, the neighbours informed me that my son had met with an accident. I rushed to the hospital and found out that he died. His phone was not found."Noor's friend Sadaf Ansari said, "I was shooting the video. By the time, I noticed the train, it had already hit Noor's shoulder and he fell. and I also fell in a ditch. Locals took him to the hospital. Later, I was also taken to the hospital as I could not move."TikTok, a popular short video-sharing app, is very popular inhad imposed a ban on TikTok, which was later lifted. The Court had imposed a ban on TikTok on April 3 this year following a case accusing that the TikTok app was spreading pornographic content and exposing children to predators.