A 24-year-old man in Odisha’s Angul district slit his own throat using a blade after losing a mobile phone game thrice, the police said. He is undergoing treatment in a hospital in Cuttack, where his condition is said to be serious.
On Saturday, the police said that the incident took place on Friday in Jereng village.
The man, identified as Soumya Ranjan Nayak, was playing the mobile game, and he lost thrice, following which he slit his throat, a police officer said.
His parents rushed him to Angul government hospital, where doctors shifted him to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.