Nine-year-old dies while watching Dahi Handi event as balcony collapses in Maharashtra

Representative image of dead body.

Credit: iStock Photo 

A nine-year-old girl died and another was injured as a balcony of a house collapsed on a crowd of people watching a Dahi Handi event in Buldhana district of eastern Maharashtra on Thursday, police said.

The incident took place in Mansinghpura area of Deulgaon Raja town around 8 pm.

One end of the rope from which the Dahi Handi was hung was fastened to the balcony, a police official said.

The rope broke and the entire balcony came down on the spectators below, he said.

Deccan Herald is on WhatsApp Channels | Join now for Breaking News & Editor's Picks