19-year-old youth gets his hand stuck in lavatory for five hours while pulling out his cell phone

Attending a phone-call in the lavatory proved to be an ordeal for a 19-year-old youth in Mumbai on Monday. Attempting to rescue his cellphone, that slipped inside the urinal, the youth got his hand stuck for around five hours, only to be rescued by the fire brigade.

Rohit Rajbhar, a college student, went to attend the call of nature at 8 in the morning when his cell phone slipped from his ear inside the Indian-style lavatory. Rohit, tried to grab his android cell-phone but a steel kara on his wrist made it hard for him to pull out.

"On Monday morning, the mobile fell inside the toilet and when he tried to retrieve it his hand got stuck we were not able to pull it out despite trying for a very long time," Rohit's brother-in-law, told TOI.


The family of Rohit, tried to rescue him for two hours but to no avail. Finally the fire brigade had to be called who decided on knock down the toilet walls, as it was the only way to get his hand out.

The ordeal ended around 1 in the afternoon after which Rohit was referred to the hospital for a swollen hand.

Fire brigade officials praised the boy and his family for remaining calm throughout the operation.

According to reports, Rohit is a resident of Azamgarh and was to return home in a few days.