Three siblings die in Faridabad after their house's eaves collapses on them
Faridabad (PTI): Three siblings were killed here in Sikri village when their house's eaves collapsed while they were sitting under it, police said on Saturday.
Police said the eaves, commonly called 'chhajja', was not in a good condition and it collapsed after rain in the area.
The owner of the house has been booked, police said, adding that they are trying to catch him. He had given out the house on rent despite the fact that it was in a dilapidated condition, they said.
According to police, the three siblings -- Akash (10), Muskaan (8) and Adil (6) -- were sitting under the eaves late Friday evening. There was rain late in the evening in the area due to which the concrete slab collapsed making a loud noise, they said.
Police said people in the area rushed to save the kids but there was a lot of debris. After removing the debris, they took the unconscious children to a nearby hospital where doctors declared all three of them dead.
Dharmendra Kumar, the father of the children, filed a complaint on the matter and an FIR was registered under Section 105 (culpable homicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Sector 58 police station on Saturday, police said. Jumar is a native of Bihar's Sheikhpura.
"An FIR has been registered against the house owner and we are trying to nab him. The bodies will be handed over to the family today after the post-mortem," said Inspector Krishan Kumar, SHO of Sector 58 Police Station.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
