A nine-year-old girl died after getting choked by a saree that had been used to make a swing.
According to the police, the incident happened on Saturday in front of the girl’s house at Markandeshwara Nagar in Kamakshipalya. The victim has been identified as Anjali, a class 3 student, and the eldest of the four daughters of Gowramma, a domestic help.
According to the police, Gowramma had taken her husband Basavaraju, who is paralysed, to the doctor, leaving behind Anjali and the other children at home. Anjali, who was playing in the swing in front of her house, died after the saree got entangled around her neck.
The incident came to light when Anjali’s younger sister found the former lying motionless.
The young girl approached a neighbour, who rushed to the spot, and shifted Anjali to a nearby hospital.
However, she was declared dead on arrival by the doctors. Anjali was the daughter of Gowramma from her earlier marriage to one Hanumaraju, who died six years ago, the police said.