A widely shared video claims that a man got electrocuted by a mobile phone Bluetooth headset and collapsed while standing at a railway station. However, Factcrescendo Team’s investigation found these claims to be false.

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The video below implies that the cause of a man getting electrocuted and then collapsing to the railway track from the station platform was his mobile phone headset. Hence requests that the public should refrain from using Bluetooth devices.

The video is shared with the below narration.

“He had a Bluetooth earpiece on; when the phone rang, the earpiece was activated, and the high voltage current of the rail line was attracted to the earpiece, and the current passed through his head. The lesson is don't use Bluetooth earpiece near high voltage currents.”

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These videos were viral on Facebook.

Posts were viral on WhatsApp also.

We decided to do a fact-check on this.

Fact Check

The video posts state that the high-voltage electric shock via Bluetooth headphones was the reason for this unfortunate incident. Hence, we carefully analysed the video and noticed an electric wire falling on the person, as highlighted below in one of the frames.

We also did a reverse image search of the video frames using the Invid We-Verify tool. Then we learned that the incident occurred a month ago, in December 2022, in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.

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On December 8, many Indian media outlets published news related to this video. Here is a YouTube video narrating the actual incident.

In it, the Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) was standing on the train platform. Then an overhead electric wire snapped and fell on him. As a result of the shock, the TTE fell on the train tracks and got injured. His name is Sujan Singh. The reports stated that he was immediately admitted to the hospital with burn injuries; however, his condition was later declared to be stable.

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In particular social media posts, the victim’s name was revealed, and specific photos depicting the victim taking treatments from a hospital were also published.

Our Fact Crescendo Tamil & Malayalam teams have already published this article. Click here to view that article.

Air is an Insulator, but electricity could pass through Air under particular conditions, but these are very rare

As we all know, the air is known as an insulator. But air allows electricity to be passed through if the quantity of the charge is large and the distance is small. Such a situation is atmospheric lightning, where a very heavy charge passes through the air in a short period. This is known as Electrical discharge. More on this here

There are other instances where electricity could pass through the air. The breakdown voltage determines the minimum voltage necessary to force an insulator to conduct some amount of electricity. The breakdown voltage for air is around 20 kV to 75 kV.

Could headphones really electrocute one? Even though there is a remote chance, especially wired headphones, of electrocution, these are again very rare. Health authorities advise avoiding listening to music or talking for a long time while the phone is being charged and recommends using a Power Bank in unavoidable situations. More on this here & here

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Conclusion

According to our investigation, the viral video claiming that the Bluetooth headphones resulted in a man getting electrocuted was false.

An overhead electric wire snapped and fell on the Train Ticket Examiner, resulting in minor injuries to the person, and it had nothing to do with Bluetooth earphones.

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Title:Did This Train Ticket Examiner Get Electrocuted Through Mobile Bluetooth (VIDEO)? Find out the facts….

Fact Check By: Kalana Krishantha

Result: False

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