Dhubri: A 17-year-old boy died after allegedly falling from the second-floor stairway of a building in Dhubri town late on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as Anuj Rai, a Darjeeling native running an eatery and a salon on GTB Road in the Panchmore area of Ward 6 with eight others. The group lived in rented rooms in the same building. All of them hailed from Darjeeling.A police source said preliminary investigations suggested that Rai was allegedly heavily intoxicated and may have lost his balance while climbing the stairs. He reportedly fell on an extended platform outside the first floor of the building.Dhubri police recovered the body from the elevated platform and sent it for autopsy, OC Pritam Das said.“We are investigating the matter. We will examine the autopsy report and proceed accordingly,” Das added.
