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A 15-year-old lad died aft being deed by a speeding bid portion attempting to sprout an Instagram reel adjacent a railway way successful Odisha’s Puri district, constabulary said connected Wednesday (October 22, 2025).
The deceased from Manglaghat country successful Puri town, was trying to seizure a moving bid successful the inheritance of his video erstwhile the mishap occurred connected Tuesday (October 21, 2025) evening, they said.
A purported video of the incident, recorded connected the mobile telephone of his friend, has surfaced connected societal media, constabulary added.
"Biswajit and his person had gone to Janakadeipur railway overbridge adjacent Chandanpur to sprout a abbreviated video for societal media. While filming, helium was deed by a bid and died connected the spot," Puri Government Railway Police (GRP) inspector-in-charge Santosh Bahinipati told PTI.
The different boy, who was signaling the video, was besides injured successful the incident, helium said.
"We person registered an unnatural decease lawsuit and handed implicit the assemblage to his household subordinate aft conducting a post-mortem examination," Bahinipati told PTI.
