Girl dies as charging mobile phone explodes

March 23, Doti: A 15-year-old girl in Achham district died after her mobile phone exploded while she was watching a video by keeping it plugged into charging.

Information Officer of Sudurpaschim Province Police Office, Dipayal, and Senior Superintendent of Police Mukesh Kumar Singh said that Sapana Nath of Mangalsen Municipality-1 died in the incident.

Nath is the sixth-grader at Kunti Secondary School in Mangalsen.

Seriously injured after the explosion, Nath died at Achham District Hospital this morning while receiving treatment, police said.