Hyderabad: In an incident occurred under Bollaram police station limits, a cell phone exploded in man’s pocket. A 28-year-old man sustained burn injuries after his brand new mobile phone exploded while he was riding his scooter, police said on Tuesday. He was shifted to the hospital for treatment. "Today one person by name Md Imran was traveling on his scooter in Bollaram area when his recently-purchased Oppo cell phone exploded in his pocket," Ramesh Reddy, Circle Inspector, Bollaram Police Station, as per the sources. 

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Relative of the victim informed that the mobile phone, Oppo A5, was purchased just two days ago. According to him, as soon as the mobile exploded, the man lost his balance and fell off the bike. "Due to this (blast), Imran received burn injury in his leg and fell down from the scooter and received head and eye injuries," the police inspector said.

Besides receiving burn injuries due to cell phone blast, he also received injuries on chin and forehead due to the fall."Victim's condition is declared out of danger. We have suggested the victim should complain in the consumer court against the local dealer of the mobile phone. It has come to notice that that the phone exploded due to heat," the police official said.

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