Five-year-old boy dies after temple gate falls on him in Srirangapatna village

MANDYA: A five-year-old boy died after a temple gate came loose and fell on him at Hunjanakere village in Srirangapatna taluk on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as H S Jishnu.

The boy had gone to the Chennakeshava temple in the village in the evening with family members on account of Karthika Monday when a gate at the temple fell on him. He was immediately rushed to the Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS) by the parents where he did on Tuesday morning.

The boy’s parents and other villagers have blamed the Endowment Department for the boy’s death pointing out that the gate had not been fixed for many months. The Arakere police have registered a case and taken up further investigation.