In a tragic incident, an 11- year old boy died while trying to repeat a fire eating act which was telecast in a reality show on a Hindi channel. The boy, Rapelli Kasi Viswanath, of Manthani town of Peddapalli district in Telangana on Tuesday poured kerosene in his mouth and lit it but could not complete the feat of taking it out, which cost him his life.
Manthani police said that the fire started by the boy went deep inside his intestines and burnt them as his family members were away and he was alone at his home. His parents returned home after some time only to find the boy lying unconscious.
They rushed him to a local hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. Viswanath was studying class VI in a local school in Peddapalli. He had come to his grandparent’s place for two days holiday.
Meanwhile the Child rights protection body, Balal hakkula Sangham demanded a ban on reality shows terming them more dangerous than drugs. Its president Achyutha Rao dashed a letter to the Indian Broadcasting Foundation seeking action on producers of reality shows and Rs 1cr compensation to the victim’s family and also to each family of the child who died imitating reality shows. “Reality shows are more dangerous than drugs, the drugs will only effect the health and it is reversible but reality shows are taking the life of innocent children,” he said in a statement.
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