BHUBANESWAR: A 16-year-old boy died after allegedly falling from the 10th floor of an apartment in Chandrasekharpur here on Monday. He was reportedly trying to escape through a bathroom window after his girlfriend’s mother returned home unexpectedly.
According to police, the boy and girl are both Class XI students of a private English-medium school in the city. The boy had visited the girl’s flat in her mother’s absence. However, the girl’s mother, who works in a private university in the city, returned home before time as her daughter was keeping unwell.
Panicking on her arrival, the boy is said to have hid inside the bathroom. On suspicion, the mother knocked on the bathroom door and the boy attempted to flee through the window. He climbed on to exterior pipes running along the building, where he reportedly lost his footing and fell to the ground from the 10th floor.
Staff at the apartment complex heard a loud thud and found the boy lying in a pool of blood. Chandrasekharpur police were alerted and he was rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead. Preliminary probe suggests the boy panicked and fell while attempting to escape using the pipes outside the bathroom. His schoolbag was later found hanging from the pipes on the ninth floor.
“A scientific team visited the spot to investigate the incident. CCTV footage and statements from eyewitnesses are being examined. A case of unnatural death has been registered and further investigation is underway,” said Bhubaneswar DCP Jagmohan Meena.
Police said the girl’s father works outside the state and she lives in the city with her mother. They are still ascertaining whether the boy fell while trying to hide or attempting to climb down the pipes.
