The Madras High Court has asked the central government to ban TikTok - the popular video-sharing app?that has become insanely popular across India. There are a lot of reasons to ban this app - the High Court believes it encourages pornography?and?there have been lots of instances where people have been badly hurt while shooting videos for TikTok.
A 19-year-old man died after his friend allegedly shot him while making a video on the app, inside an SUV on Saturday night. The incident took place at Barakhamba Road and police said the victim, Salman, was with three friends at the time of the incident. All three of his friends have been arrested.
A case was registered against the accused under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act, 1959.
Police said that Salman and his friend were making a video on TikTok and that one of them allegedly shot him. ¡°We have registered a case of murder under relevant IPC sections,¡± said Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Madhur Verma.
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According to the police, Salman was shot in the face, but they did not share too many details as the investigation is in process.
Salman¡¯s father, Haji Shakir said that Salman¡¯s friends asked him to join them in the evening. At 11:30 pm, Shakir got a call from the police that his son was dead. ¡°His friends were supposed to look after him but they killed him instead,¡± he alleged.
According to police, one of the friends drove a bleeding Salman from Ranjit Singh flyover, where the shooting took place, to the hospital. After questioning him, police arrested his friends and recovered the pistol. A post-mortem report is awaited, police said.
Salman lived with his parents in New Jaffarabad. His father is a leather jacket businessman and Salman had been helping out with the business. His elder sister got married a week ago.