A six-year-old girl died after a wall collapsed at Golkhedi under Gunga police station area on Tuesday. The heavy rainfall led to the death of 6-year-old girl at Golkhedi who was asleep at the time of the incident.
Police said that the deceased identified as Deepa Ahirwar died after wall caved in around 4 am on Tuesday.
SHO Eithkhedi police Ashok Gautam said that the girl was sleeping close to wall while the other three children were sleeping at some distance from the wall which saved them but as the whole wall collapsed over the girl she failed to rescue herself.
The area received heavy rainfall in the night which made the wall weak and it collapsed at around 4 am, she was rescued and rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead, he added.
The parents of the deceased were asleep in other room while three siblings were sleeping in the same room but they escaped unhurt in the incident.
After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem. The police have registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC and have started further investigation.
Meanwhile, a 15-year-old youth swept in nullah at Teelajamalpura in the early morning hours on Tuesday.
The youth identified as Waseem was sitting over boundary wall of nullah and fell in the nullah after losing balance and swept in the heavy water current.
Till the filing of the report he was not found by the police and divers.