Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh): In a freak incident, an 18-year-old boy here lost his life after a loaded revolver accidentally went while shooting a TikTok video. Reports say the incident took place on Monday in Mudia Bhaikampur village of Nawabganj in the district; Circle Officer Yogendra Kumar was quoted by news agency PTI.

According to the report, Keshav had pressurized his mother Savitri to give him the revolver for producing a clip for the social video app TikTok, which the family wasn’t aware was loaded.

Savitri had gone out to attend to some household chores when she heard the sound of a gunshot and rushed inside to find Keshav lying in a pool of blood, the CO added.

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The 18-year-old was rushed to hospital with injuries on his temple where the doctors declared him brought dead, he said, adding that an investigation is underway.

A similar incident had occurred in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar last year when a teenager was killed after accidentally pressing the trigger of a country-made pistol.

TikTok has over 500 million active users globally. The app had already crossed 1 billion downloads last year. India reportedly is the biggest market for TikTok with over 200 million users across Tier 1, 2 and 3 cities.