Updated On: 24 April, 2024 07:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
The resident on the upper storey had allegedly kicked the balcony which resulted in a portion breaking off and falling on those sitting below

The portion of the balcony which had collapsed (right) Chandani Roshan Siddiqui, who died
A 12-year-old lost her life, while two others suffered minor injuries when a balcony of a slum dwelling collapsed at Malvani on Thursday night. It is being alleged that the resident of the upper storey dwelling kicked the balcony in a fit of rage resulting in the crash on those sitting below. The deceased has been identified as Chandani Roshan Siddiqui.
According to the police sources, the incident had occurred on Thursday night in New Collector Compound behind Elia Sarwat School near Eidgah Maidan gate number 6 in Malvani at around 1.15 am on Friday. Chandani was sitting in front of the house with her nephew Aryan and her neighbors when the wall of the first-floor balcony house collapsed on them.