Boy falls 12 floors through building shaft, dies

NOIDA: A six-year-old boy playing in front of his parents as they labored in an under-construction flat in Supertech Eco Village I fell 12 floors through a 2x2 shaft and died on Wednesday morning.

Sources mentioned the boy was once trapped in the partitions of the narrow shaft for a couple of seconds and fell with a thud at the ground. Such was once the impact of the fall that he bounced at least twice after hitting the floor and landed a couple of metres away.

The boy’s parents — Shatrudhan Chauhan and Radha — paintings as labourers on the challenge and lodged a police complaint later in the night.

Akhilesh Tripathi, the SHO of Bisrakh police station, mentioned a case have been registered under Section 304-A (loss of life due to negligence) of the IPC. Supertech mentioned it was once the duty of the contractor to make sure the security of its workers.

Keshav lived along with his parents Shatrudhan and Radha in a rented accommodation in Noida Extension and accompanied them to paintings every now and then. The circle of relatives had come to the town from Janjgir-Champa in Chhattisgarh a couple of years in the past. The 2x2 shaft during which Keshav fell is one of two openings which have been made to allow electric wires and cables.

Bacchu Singh, a sub-inspector at Bisrakh police station, mentioned the accident came about round 9am. “The boy’s parents had been busy in their paintings while he was once playing round. The 20-storey tower — E7 — is under structure and the labourers there have been giving finishing touches to it. There are two shafts at the flooring which have been opened for wiring and cable paintings. The boy unintentionally fell into the right shaft. There had been no obstacles, except some rods and wires. The boy was once trapped between the partitions for some time and then fell to the ground,” he mentioned.

Keshav is prone to have fallen on his head because it suffered the most injuries. A painter operating at the ground flooring saw him fall and alerted the management. “The guards and management officers rushed to the spot. The boy was once taken to a non-public respectable, the place doctors declared him useless on arrival,” he mentioned.


A Supertech spokesperson mentioned structure of its buildings have been outsourced to a non-public contractor. “The contractor is responsible for making sure the security of workers. We are beginning motion against him,” he mentioned.


A police team reached the spot once you have a call. Suniti, SP (rural) Gautam Budh Nagar, mentioned the frame have been despatched for post-mortem and the reports had been awaited. “Police are investigating the subject,” she mentioned.


Supertech Eco Village I has 58 towers in Noida Extension. Each tower has round 20 floors and there are 4 flats in a single flooring. The structure of 23 towers has finished and a few people have moved in. The tower E7, the place the accident took place, could also be a 20-storeyed development.


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