A 12-year-old boy in Delhi’s Zakir Nagar died after falling from his four-storey house while flying a kite. The details of the incident were confirmed by a police officer to NDTV. The incident took place around 4 p.m. on Sunday, and the victim was MD Saad, a class 6 student at a government school in Batla House and the son of a welder.
The police officer further confirmed that the boy’s foot slipped, and he fell onto the road below. The victim was rushed by his family to Holy Family Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. CCTV footage from the area confirmed the details.
A video of the incident has also surfaced online on social media, showing the body of the child lying on the road as passersby rushed to inform his parents about the fall.
In another incident, two persons were killed and another was injured in Hyderabad while transporting a Ganesh idol from Jalpalli to Purnaranapul, police said on Tuesday. The incident occurred under the Bandalguda police station limits on Monday. Police suspect electrocution as the cause of the deaths. The bodies have been shifted to the mortuary for post-mortem examination, while the injured have been admitted to a hospital.
“Early this morning, Ganesh festival organisers from Purnaranapul in the Chandrapuri area were transporting a 22-foot Ganesh idol from Laxmiguda near Jalpalli to Puranapul. Two persons, identified as Toli and Vikas, died, and another person was injured,” said an official with the Bandalguda police.
“The cause of death is unclear, but we suspect electrocution. The injured person is currently undergoing treatment, and an investigation is underway. The idol is being taken to Jalpalli Laxmiguda,” added the official.
The incident comes a day after a similar tragedy during Krishna Janmashtami celebrations in the Ramanthapur area of Hyderabad, where five people died and four others were injured when a chariot came into contact with a high-tension wire.
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