HYDERABAD: A 43-year-old woman died after she was allegedly trapped and dragged upward while entering a lift at an apartment in Chandanagar on Tuesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Dhadi Anasuya, a native of Kulkacharla.
Anasuya and her husband, Dhadi Srinivas, had gone to visit his uncle, Dhadi Govind, at Chhatwal Mansion in Annapurna Enclave.
Srinivas told police that he entered the lift first. As Anasuya was stepping into it, the lift suddenly moved upward before the doors closed, trapping her between the lift and the entrance. She suffered severe injuries to her waist and other parts of the body and lost consciousness. Following Srinivas’ cries for help, residents shifted her to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared her dead.
Srinivas alleged that lift maintenance work was underway at the time of the incident. He claimed that technician Anil Kumar carried out the repairs without switching off the main power supply or placing caution boards to warn residents.