18-month-old toddler was reportedly thrown down from the sixth floor by a 10-year-old girl
MUMBAI: Mumbai Police are investigating the death of an 18-month-old toddler at a Goregaon housing society on Wednesday night after coming across CCTV footage that shows a 10-year-old girl chucking her down from the sixth floor.While no FIR has been registered so far, the 10-year-old has been produced before the Child Welfare Commission (CWC).Police said the CWC will make inquiries with her and take a final decision.The toddler, lived on the sixth floor of a building in Goregaon, with her parents and four brothers.According to a relative, the toddler was playing in the common corridor outside the houses with a stray cat. Her mother sent her brother to look for toddler later, but she was nowhere to be found."After searching for a few minutes, her brother bent down in the staircase duct and saw a child lying on the ground floor. The clothes matched toddler's. He rushed to inform his mother," said toddler's aunt.In the meantime, other residents picked up the injured toddler and rushed her to a doctor. But she was pronounced dead.Police recorded an accidental death case and started making inquiries. After retrieving CCTV footage, they found that a 10-year-old girl living on the same floor had chucked the toddler down the staircase duct from the sixth floor.
The 10-year-old and her family had moved into the society only a fortnight ago.
"An accidental death record was registered regarding the death of an 18-month-old girl at Goregaon East. CCTV footage shows a 10 years old neighbour girl lifting the toddler, and pushing her down into the duct area. The body has been sent for a post-mortem examination to ascertain the cause of death. Further investigation is in progress," said DCP Gajanan Rajmane.