Boy Dies While Clicking Selfie On Train's Top, Enraged Family Throws Worker On Tracks

An Indian teenager was electrocuted to death after climbing on top of a train to click a selfie.

Sohel Mansoori, 16, was out with his friends in the city of Chhatarpur in Madhya Pradesh when the incident took place. Mansoori offered prayers with his friends before going to the train station Thursday.

After reaching the train station, the teen climbed a train to click a selfie but came in contact with live wires, according to Yahoo News Australia. He was electrocuted and died at the scene.

Family members of the deceased boy were furious when they heard the news and arrived at the station, according to the Free Press Journal. They created a scene and damaged government property.

The enraged relatives also reportedly dragged a staff member at the station out of his chamber and beat him up before throwing him on the train track. Amidst the ruckus, the family members also pelted stones at a train that arrived at the station. The deceased boy’s mother and brother blamed railway authorities for the death.

Following the incident, the staff member who was attacked, filed a police complaint against the family. An official said the teenager's family members managed to ambush the staff member because the train station did not have enough security guards to control the angry crowd.

In a similar incident that took place in 2020, a 15-year-old boy in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu lost his life while clicking to selfie on top of a train.

The victim, Ganeshwar, had climbed atop the train’s engine while it was parked at a station. He then came in contact with a high tension wire running above the train and was electrocuted. Like Mansoori, Ganeshwar also died on the spot.

Several individuals have accidentally lost their lives in pursuit of clicking a "unique" selfie in India. Livemint reported last year that India holds the record for the highest number of incidents and selfie deaths, followed by Russia, the United States, and Pakistan. It also reported that a study by the U.S. National Library of Medicine found that 259 individuals were killed worldwide while trying to take a selfie between 2011 and 2017. The study revealed that half of these deaths took place in India.