New Delhi: An eight months old child fell to death from a staircase of a building in NSIT campus in Dwarka, police said on Sunday.
According to police on September 13 at 11:45 AM, they received a PCR call from the hospital in sector-18, Dwarka that patient aged eight months fell from the height and one R K Gupta has come to the hospital with the kid who was dead.
The investigating officer (IO) reached the hospital and collected the MLC.
The deceased's mother told IO that his child fell from the height at around 9:30 am near NSIT college canteen. The minor was declared brought dead. "The eight months old fell from the staircase and later died," police said.
The IO recorded the statements of the father and other relatives of the deceased and got the post-mortem conducted at hospital on the same day. The post-mortem report is awaited.
The city police also denied the report that the boy was mowed by a car.
"As far as allegations of death of a child due to an accident with a vehicle of the employee of NSIT university is concerned, till the time no complaint or allegation is received in Dwarka North police statement," reads the Delhi Police press statement.
The statement further reads that on September 15, after getting information about the circulation of news of said car accident, I.O was again sent to record the statement of deceased parents. However, they denied the present allegation.
"Moreover, the PM report is awaited and after receiving of PM report necessary legal action will be taken," police said.