A 22-year-old man from Panipat, Haryana, was charred to death after he decided to climb onto an electric pole just to shoot a TikTok Video.

The news was announced by the Panipat Police on Tuesday (March 3, 2020).

According to the police, the incident happened on the evening of March 2, 2020.

Vikas, the 22-year-old man, climbed on a pole to pose for a video when he was electrocuted to death.

The 3 friends of Vikas were standing below when the accident happened.

Vikas accidentally touched the electric wire, which was carrying 25,000 volts and was charred to death.

The police sent the body of Vikas for a post-mortem.

An official investigation has been launched for the incident.