GURUGRAM: A 13-year-old boy died under suspicious circumstances after allegedly falling from the 14th floor of an apartment building in a residential society in Sector 69 here, police said on Monday.
The incident took place at Tulip Violet Society, located around 4 km from the deceased boy’s home, and the police are trying to ascertain how the child reached the society, they added. According to the police, the incident took place on Sunday around 4:40 pm when the 13-year-old allegedly fell from the 14th floor of Tower B-11 of the society.
The guard heard a loud thud and rushed to the spot. He saw the child lying on the ground in a pool of blood and alerted society residents, after which an ambulance was called.
The boy was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead. Police handed over the body to kin after the postmortem examination on Monday, an officer said, adding that the incident is being investigated from all angles and no any suicide note has been recovered from the spot. The deceased, identified as Aarav -- a student of Class 7 -- was a resident of BPTP Astaire Garden Society in Sector 70, around 4 km from the place of the incident. The police are investigating how the boy traveled to the society, they said.
CCTV footage shows Aarav going alone to Tulip Violet Society’s rooftop and falling. The seventh-grade student’s parents are unaware why he travelled there. Police are investigating how he reached the society, recording family statements and reviewing all evidence.