JAMMU: A woman was injured when a mobile phone "exploded" in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said here on Tuesday.

Kareena Bali was talking on her phone when the battery of the mobile phone 'exploded' in Donalgal last night, they said.

As result of the blast, she received injuries in her face and hands, they said. It was the same battery that has been declared unfit by a leading mobile company a week ago.