Mangaluru, Aug 24: In a heartbreaking tragedy, a 7-year-old boy died after getting stuck in a lift in a residential apartment in the heart of the city of Mangaluru.
The deceased has been identified as Muhammed Sinan, whose parents hail from Addoor on the outskirts of the city. He was a Class 1 student at Baraka School.
Sinan’s family had returned from a gulf country a few months ago to get him admitted in the school. His father still works abroad, sources said.
The incident took place on Thursday (Aug 23) at around 7 p.m. at Shama Residency Apartment on Vas Lane in the city in the presence of the victim’s mother and siblings.
Sinan’s mother was locking her house door to go out with his three kids when the farmer directly entered the old-fashioned elevator alone.
The door of the elevator immediately got closed and Sinan’s head got stuck in the gap. The lift started moving down and got stuck halfway through. People from the other flats in the apartment rushed to the spot when the boy and his helpless mother began to scream.
Although the door was opened forcefully within a couple of minutes, the injured boy breathed his last without responding to any treatment at a nearby hospital.
A case has been registered at Kadri police station and investigations are on. The incident has put a question mark on maintenance and security arrangements of multi-story apartments mushrooming in the city.
Mangaluru, Jan 11: Reacting to the recent video clippings provided to the media by former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy in connection with the December 19 unrest in Mangaluru, city Police Commissioner Dr PS Harsha on Saturday said that the video has to be seen in a proper sequence to come to a conclusion on the happenings of that day.
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