17-year-old girl falls to death while practising yoga

Bengaluru: In a tragic incident a girl died after she slipped and fell from the terrace of her building while practising yoga as per her daily routine.

The deceased is Priyanka Pal (17), a 2nd year PU student at a private college in Electronics City. The incident took place at Sitara Apartments in Ramakrishnapura area in Chandapura.

As per the sources, the incident took place around 8 am when Priyanka went to the terrace from her third-floor apartment to practise yoga. Her parents were in the house. On hearing the sickening thud, the building residents went to see what had happened and found Priyanka lying in a pool of blood. Following which they alerted the building security guards, but she had died on the spot.

The police officers of the Surya City police station on receiving the news rushed to the accident site and shifted her body to Attibele Government Hospital for a post-mortem examination. She was found to have suffered multiple fractures on her shoulder and hands due to the impact of the fall.

The police said prima facie it appeared that Priyanka while crossing the water pipeline, tripped and fell from the terrace which is on the ninth floor.