On Saturday evening, October 23, a nine-year-old Mumbai boy residing in Andheri died due to asphyxiation after getting entangled in a homemade swing. Mumbai Police have registered a case of accidental death, and a probe is on to make sure that there was no foul play. The boy was from a slum pocket in Andheri (West).
The incident is said to have taken place at around 5.00 PM in Gaondevi Dongar on Cama Road. The deceased boy, identified as Ismail Aagha, stayed in a joint family at a one plus two-storied structure. His family includes his parents and three siblings staying on the top floor.
When the incident took place, his father was out for work while his mother was asleep. Ismail's siblings were playing in other rooms on the first floor and ground floor. The family has made a partition in their room and divided it into a hall and bedroom. The boy was playing on the swing, which was made of a string in the hall, while his mother was sleeping on the other side of the room.
Ismail's sister came upstairs and saw him entangled in the swing, following which she woke up his mother. He was rushed to a nearby hospital and was declared dead upon his arrival.
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