A 10-year-old boy died after he accidentally strangulated himself while allegedly trying to execute a stunt he had watched on television, in northeast Delhi’s Khajoori Khas area on Saturday. The Class 2 student, identified as Aman, was alone at home when the incident took place Saturday afternoon, the police said.
He was watching TV for quite some time after which he went to the terrace and stuck a bamboo stick between two grills and tied a noose with the help of a stole. The stunt demanded stepping on the noose and climbing up, in which the boy failed and got his neck strangled, the police said.
A neighbour who went to the adjacent terrace saw Aman lying unconscious and reported the matter to his brother who was somewhere nearby.
His brother rushed ho-me and raised an alarm. Aman was rushed to a hospital where he was de-clared brought dead, the police said. During investigation, it emerged that Aman had recently asked his mother to teach him how to make a noose, for which his mother scolded him.
Aman was a curious child anyway so his mother did not take the matter seriously. She had gone to a neighbour’s place leaving Aman alone at home for an hour, the police said.
