Overview
- The boy, identified as Rudra Tej Singh, fell from his apartment in Pioneer Presidia, Sector 62, on Saturday evening around 5:30–5:50 pm.
- Returning from the park with a domestic help, he ran ahead into the flat as the door’s auto-lock engaged, leaving the caretaker unable to enter.
- Investigators say the digital passcode was known only to the parents, leaving the child alone inside when he moved to the balcony in distress.
- Police say he climbed onto a clothes stand to call for help, lost balance, and fell; residents rushed him to a private hospital where he was declared dead.
- Officers and the father, Prakash Chandra, have ruled out foul play; the child was a special-needs child, a post-mortem was completed, and an inquiry under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita’s Section 194 is underway.