New Delhi: A three-year-old child lost his life after falling off an escalator handrail at Pacific Mall in West Delhi's Tilak Nagar on Tuesday evening, according to police. The boy was among a group of women and children from Uttam Nagar who had visited the mall to watch a movie, a police officer said.
"While the adults were busy buying tickets, the boy wandered near an escalator. Eyewitnesses report that the child attempted to slide along the handrail but lost his balance and fell from a height," the officer said.
The injured child was immediately taken to DDU Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. Mall authorities were notified, and the local police were called to the scene.
In another incident, the Delhi Police have arrested two auto-rickshaw drivers for allegedly robbing a passenger, officials said on Tuesday. Police said that the incident occurred on the intervening night of January 10 and 11, when Shiv Bakash (21), travelling in an auto from Kaushambi Bus Stand in Ghaziabad to Inderlok, was overpowered and robbed by the driver and his accomplice. "The robbers stole his mobile phone, a bag and Rs 5,000 in cash before abandoning him near Yamuna Bridge close to Geeta Colony. An FIR was registered and further investigation was initiated," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Prashant Gautam said, as reported by news agency PTI.