8-Month-Old Girl Dies After Lava Phone Battery Explodes in UP’s Faridpur

While her family took her to the Bareilly district hospital, the girl died during treatment.

Photo of the burnt cot.

(Photo: Accessed by The Quint)

An 8-month-old girl, identified as Neha, died in Uttar Pradesh’s Faridpur after the battery of a Lava phone, which was being charged through a solar panel, exploded. The girl was lying on a plastic cot and got badly burnt due to the explosion of the battery.

While her family took her to the Bareilly district hospital, she died during treatment.

Her father, Sunil Kumar Kashyap, a resident of Pachomi, Faridpur, works as a labourer. When the incident happened on Saturday afternoon, Kashyap was out for some work. His wife Kusum, 2-year-old daughter, Nandini, and 8-month-old, Neha, were at home.

Both the girls were sleeping on two different cots, while their mother had gone to the washroom. It was next to the 8-month-old that the Lava mobile was being charged.

While charging, the battery of the mobile suddenly exploded and its sparks fell on the cot, due to which the cot started burning.  Neha, who was kept on the bed, got badly burnt. Her mother ran to pick her up from the cot but in vain.

Though her family took her to Bareilly District Hospital, even after many efforts, the girl could not be saved and passed away.

(With inputs from Mustafiz Ali Khan.)