Hyderabad: A BTech second year student died after he accidentally fell from a six storey building in Himayathnagar while flying kites with his cousin.
Thakur Akash Singh, 19, fell from a penthouse when he ran behind a kite without noticing the short parapet wall. Narayanguda police said the accident occurred in Sapthagiri Enclave.
“The victim, who was a resident of Bahadurpura, had come to his cousin's house on Sunday to fly kites. In the afternoon they were flying kites on the penthouse when the mishap occurred,” said SI B. Nagarjuna Reddy of Narayanguda police station.
Singh, who ran behind a kite overestimated the height of the parapet wall. “He fell down and was rushed to hospital with serious injuries. He died on Monday morning,” said the SI.
Singh was a second-year BTech student of B.V. Raju Institute of Technology.
Police commissioner M. Mahender Reddy had asked the public to stop flying kites from terraces. “Parents must advise their children not to fly kites from terraces which do not have parapet walls to avoid accidents. They should also advise their children not to run on the roads or other dangerous places while flying kites or trying to collect stray kites. Children should be made aware of the possibility of electrocution if they try to collect stray kites from electric poles,” he had said.
