Lift not working properly, say residents

“Where is Mamata’s body? Can we have a look? asked 20-odd students of Andhravani Upper Primary School to anyone they spotted as they entered Gayatri Nilayam, the residential complex at Gandhinagar where the nine-year-old died yesterday after she got crushed between the lift and the wall.A day after her death, Mamata’s friends and fellow students from the school, shocked at the turn of events,  thronged the place to have a look at her body. “We all had lunch together yesterday afternoon and we saw her off at her house at around 12.30 p.m. She always called me Anna and we used to have lunch and play together. I was shocked after I read about Mamata’s death in the newspapers,’’ Ajay, a sixth standard student,  and a close friend of Mamata said.Meanwhile, Musheerabad police recorded the statements of the residents of the complex. ‘’There were marks on her neck which indicates that she got crushed between the lift and the wall,’’ said Musheerabad sub-inspector of police P Shanker Yadav. The police believe that poor maintenance of the lift could have led to the incident.Prakash Reddy, a resident of Gayatri Nilayam, alleged that the lift in the apartment was not functioning properly.  ‘’The lift has been  under repair many times earlier,’’ he said in his statement to the police.

By Mouli Mareedu
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