Five-year-old girl dies after getting trapped in lift grille of a Hyderabad hostel

A five-year-old girl died after getting trapped in the grille of a lift at a women’s hostel in Gachibowli on Wednesday afternoon.

Bistu Ghosh, a native of Jharkhand, was staying with her grandparents, who have been working as chefs at the hostel for the past seven years.

According to the police, the incident was reported around 12 noon at Mahi Women PG located at Gowlidoddi under Gachibowli police station limits. Following a call, police rushed to the spot and found the girl trapped on the third floor of the building.

Police suspect that the child had entered the lift, and her clothes got stuck in the grille while it was in motion. The incident caused severe injuries to the back of her head, leading to heavy bleeding and instantaneous death.

A case has been booked, and further investigation is under way.