In a freak incident, hand of a 7-year-old boy was trapped in an escalator at Shyam Plaza located at Pandri locality here on Monday morning.
The boy was later rescued and was admitted in Dr BR Ambedkar Memorial Hospital (BRAMH) for treatment.
The incident occurred when kid’s hand got trapped in the escalator while he was trying to retrieve some of his belonging trapped in the machine, people present at the spot informed.
Soon a team of doctors, an engineer, fire brigade personnel and police reached Plaza. Hours later the boy’s hand was taken out of escalator and he was admitted in BRAMH.
“The kid has not suffered any fracture. Tissues in hands have been damaged and it seems the boy would recover very soon,” Dr Vivek Choudhary, Joint Director cum Superintendent BRAMH told reporters.