Hyderabad: A 12-year-old boy, who attempted a fiery stunt inspired by a cartoon show, succumbed to injuries. The boy, Madugula Jaideep, was residing with his grandparents at Balapur village when the incident happened.
While his grand parents were busy in household chores, Jaideep tried to enact a scene in one of cartoon series, in which one of characters set himself ablaze, without being hurt. He went to terrace and set himself on fire using kerosene.
After he was caught by fire, he called in his grand parents to show them how he is unaffected by the fire.
They doused the fire and shifted him to a private hospital, where he was given first aid and then shifted to Osmania General Hospital, where he was admitted with more than 40 percent burns.
Jaideep succumbed to burns on Friday. Based on his father Mahipal’s complaint, police registered a suspicious death case and handed over the body to his parents after postmortem.
