Ghaziabad: A 16-year-old boy died on Tuesday evening after allegedly falling from the balcony of his 13th-floor apartment at Rajnagar Residency in Raj Nagar Extension while putting up lights for Diwali.The deceased, Chaitanya Sharma, was a Class 12 student at a private school, police said. His body has been sent for autopsy and reports are awaited.Santosh Kumar Tripathi, SHO of Nandgram, said police received information about the incident around 7.30pm on Tuesday and sent a team to the society.“Initial investigation revealed that Chaitanya and his sister were walking in the society premises around 7pm before returning to their flat. Chaitanya then started putting up lights on the balcony. There was water on the floor, and he slipped and fell from the balcony. He died on the spot. His mother was working in the kitchen and his sister was in her room at the time,” Tripathi said.A security guard on the ground floor heard a noise and spotted the boy lying below. He alerted others, went to the family’s flat and informed Chaitanya’s mother, the SHO said.Chaitanya’s father, Moolchand Sharma, who is posted with the electricity department in Kushinagar, was on duty at the time. Police said no complaint had been received in the matter.The incident comes days after a man and his son died after allegedly falling from the balcony of their 23rd-floor apartment at Mahagun Mywoods in Greater Noida West on Oct 30.Randeep Patra, a section officer at the Central Secretariat in Delhi, and his 11-year-old son Aarav were preparing to visit Khatu Shyam temple when they went to the balcony to pluck flowers for worship. Police said the boy slipped while climbing the railings and was left hanging. Randeep tried to pull him back but also lost his balance, and both fell. They were taken to a hospital, where doctors declared them dead.Earlier, on Oct 25, a three-year-old boy died after falling through an unguarded opening meant for a window air conditioner in a 17th-floor flat at City Apartment in Aditya World City in Ghaziabad. Police said Teerth Goyal was playing on the bedroom floor when he reached the opening and fell.
