Girl falls off building parapet while on phone

A 18-year-old girl fell off the parapet of a building in the city on Wednesday while talking on her mobile phone. She succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment a hospital on Thursday.

According to the police, the deceased, Edula Mamatha was studying degree second year in a college in Dilsukhnagar.

A resident of Saroornagar, she did not venture out of her house for the last four days as she was not keeping well after writing her final examinations.

On Wednesday night after having dinner, she came out into the balcony around 8.30 pm while talking to somebody on her mobile.

While talking, she sat on the parapet wall, but she lost balance and fell down accidentally. “She fell to the ground floor on a cement block from the second floor and sustained severe head injuries,” said Saroornagar sub-inspector H. Prabhaker.

It is not clear as to whether she fell off immediately after sitting on the parapet wall or she lost balance after sitting on the wall as she was engrossed on the phone.

Mamata’s parents, who noticed her fall, rushed her to a nearby private hospital, where she succumbed to injuries on Thursday morning.

Based on a complaint from her father, police registered a suspicious death case and handed over the body to the family after post-mortem.