Hyderabad: An eight-year-old boy who was playing in the cellar of an apartment building, died after he was hit by the apartment lift in Karmanghat in Saroornagar.
The boy, identified as Cholangi Venkata Thaswanth, peeped into the pit below the lift, standing on the parapet wall. The lift, which came down from above, crushed him between the lift and the wall. Police said there was no safety grills surrounding the lift, which led to the incident. Still, so far a case of suspicious death has been booked. Police said that they will alter the case after investigation.
Thaswanth and his younger brother Srinath were playing in the cellar on Sunday morning, while their father Srinivas was busy cleaning the cars of the residents. Around 8.30 am on Sunday, residents of the building heard a loud cry, and rushed to the cellar.
Initially, they could not find the source of the noise, but later they found blood near the lift and saw that Thaswanth has been struck by the lift and his head was partially crushed.
Police said Thaswanth stood near the parapet wall which was around two feet high and peered into the eight-foot- deep pit in which the lift would land.
