NEW DELHI, April 8 (Xinhua) -- A teenager was electrocuted to death atop a train engine after he came in contact with a high-tension electricity wire while attempting to take a selfie in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police said Friday.
The 16-year-old boy climbed on a stationary railway engine on Thursday at Chhatarpur railway station, about 336 km northeast of Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh.
"Yesterday a boy climbed atop a stationary train engine with the intention to take a photo or selfie, where he grabbed an overhead live high tension electricity line. He was killed on spot," Railway Protection Force (RPF) inspector Jitendra Kumar told the media.
Kumar said climbing atop of the engine itself was wrong, and a case has been registered in this regard, he added.
The victim's friend told the media he saw his friend getting electrocuted atop the engine.
"He took his mobile phone and then we saw him climbing the train engine, where he suddenly got electrocuted and fell down on its roof motionless," the victim's friend Ashraf said.
The Indian railway ministry has been urging people to avoid taking selfies and making stunts near railway tracks.
In some states, the authorities have declared no-selfie zones at accident-prone locations in tourist destinations. The move is aimed at discouraging people from putting themselves at risk while taking their own pictures popularly known as selfies. ■