In attempt to save son, woman falls with him from 13th floor of building in Noida

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A 12-year-old child and his mother died on Saturday after falling from the 13th floor of a building in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddha Nagar, news agency PTI reported citing police.

Darpan Chawla's mentally ill son, Daksh, who lived on the 13th floor of a building in Ace City, reportedly ran fast to jump down from the balcony of his flat on Saturday morning, Bisrakh police station in-charge inspector Manoj Kumar Singh was quoted by PTI as saying.

In an attempt to save Daksh, his mother, Sakshi Chawla (38), ran, but both of them fell from the balcony and died, he said, adding that at the time of the incident, Darpan Chawla was in another room of the house.

Kumat told PTI that the police have sent the bodies for postmortem, and an investigation is underway.