12-year-old falls from fourth floor, critical

He was rushed to a hospital where he is critical. Children playing with him said that there was an attack by monkeys but it is yet to be confirmed ANIL KUMAR, Shipra Sun City police post incharge

GHAZIABAD: A 12-year-old boy allegedly fell from the fourth floor of a residential building at Shipra Sun City on Friday evening at Indirapuram in Ghaziabad. The police said that the child suffered multiple injuries and fractures and admitted to a hospital.

According to police, they received information about the incident on Friday evening. They said Ashish Naik sustained multiple injuries after falling from the fourth floor. He was playing with his friends when the incident took place around 5.30pm.

“He was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where he is under treatment. The children playing with him said that there was an attack by monkeys which led to the incident but it is yet to be confirmed,” said Anil Kumar, police post incharge, Shipra Sun City.

The boy is a student of Class 9 at a school.

“I rushed back home when I got the information about my son. He is still in ICU. He was playing with his friends when he fell down. Some children playing with him told that it was due to attack by monkeys. However, I am not confirmed about this as I had to rush to the hospital,” said Sameer Naik, boy’s father.

In a similar incident of a child falling from high-rise building in Indirapuram, a 14-year-old girl fell off from the balcony of her sixth floor flat at Shipra Krishna Vista high rise. She succumbed due to multiple external and internal injuries.

On February 19, a four year old girl allegedly slipped from the 10th floor balcony of her house at Jaipuria Surise Greens in Indirapuram. The child succumbed and was declared brought dead at the hospital.