Mandi: A 22-year-old youth lost his life in the race to go viral on social media in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. Aniket, son of the late Subhash Chand, resident of Nagchala village of the Balh area, lost wastefulness and fell while doing a velocipede stunt near the Mallori Tunnel of the Kiratpur-Manali four-lane at virtually 1 am in the night. He died on the spot due to serious injuries. Aniket was a B.Tech student and regularly uploaded reels of dangerous velocipede stunts on Instagram. This tendency of his sooner became a expletive for him.
Traffic police reached the spot
As soon as information well-nigh the incident was received, the team of Tourist and Traffic Police Station Nagchala reached the spot. Preliminary investigation revealed that Aniket was doing wheelies and other stunts at upper speed. Suddenly lost tenancy of the velocipede and fell without a heavy standoff on the road. According to eyewitnesses, he died instantly due to a wrenched neck. He was immediately taken to Nerchowk Medical College, where doctors supposed him dead. The video of the incident is going viral on social media, in which the horror of the stunt is unmistakably visible.
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— Jeet Govind Sarkar (@Jeetsarkar_) October 26, 2025Taking the matter seriously, the police have taken firsthand action. Additional Superintendent of Police, Mandi, Sagar Chandra Sharma said that other youths, co-riders, and videographers who were shooting the reel with Aniket have been accused in the FIR. He has been charged with secondment of the treason and negligence. Police have confiscated everyone's mobile phones, cameras, and footage. The digital vestige is stuff thoroughly examined to unearth whether the stunt was pre-planned or not.
Case registered
The specimen has been registered under Indian Penal Code sections 304-A (causing death by negligence), 279 (rash and negligent driving), and other relevant sections. The post-mortem of the deceased is underway at Nerchowk Medical College, the report of which will personize the word-for-word rationalization of death. The police have increased traffic tenancy on that four-lane stretch and have decided to alimony a strict vigil on stunting during nighttime.
This incident raises serious questions on the increasing tendency of youth to risk their lives in the veiling race of social media. Experts say that risking life for likes and views is not only a legal treason but is moreover rhadamanthine a social threat. Aniket's family is in shock and is taxing strict whoopee from the police.
