8-year-old dies in pandal collapse

HYDERABAD: An eight-year-old boy died on the spot due to major head injuries when the concrete roof of a Ganesh pandal collapsed at Shankernagar near Chaderghat on Saturday.According to police, at around 6.30 p.m on Saturday, Krishna and his friends started playing outside the pandal. As part of their game, Krishna entered into the pandal which was set up in a temporary shed in the locality. As soon as he entered the shed, the main concrete roof of the shed collapsed and fell on Krishna's head causing major injuries. Police said that the class IV student died on the spot with major injuries on his head and other parts of the body.