A man and a woman in their thirties died after accidentally falling off from the third-floor terrace of a pub at Church Street in Bengaluru late Friday night.

The victims have been identified by the police as Pawan and Vedha, both employees with private firms.

The Bengaluru Commissioner of Police, Alok Kumar, was on night duty when the incident took place. According to him, the two youths were getting down from the third floor of the building when they slipped through an opening on the second floor, fell on the portico, and finally landed on the floor, reported TOI.

The police said that later both the victims were taken to the hospital but they could not be saved.

The incident of the fall has been recorded in CCTV footage.

A criminal case has been registered under Section 304A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at the Cubbon Park police station against the owner of the builder, the pub license holder, and the manager, on charges of death by negligence.