HYDERABAD: A 10-year-old boy died after his head got stuck between the lift front

and half-closed inside grille of

Nilayam Apartments at Balaji Nagar in

on Tuesday. The boy, Malapati Hemant Kumar, was the son of the building watchman. The family hails from Prakasam in AP.

Police said the boy had taken the lift from the 3rd floor to go down. "The lift kept moving even when the inside grille was not fully closed," Medchal inspector Gangadhar said, adding that boy's mother heard the creaking noise and tried to stop the lift. "But by the time she rushed to the first floor, Hemant was unconscious. He had choked to death," Gangadhar said.