65-year-old woman dies after falling off terrace in Karnataka

TNN | Updated: Apr 19, 2020, 06:02 IST

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DHARWAD: A 65-year-old woman died after accidentally falling off the terrace of her house in Saptapur here on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Saroja Arun Sathe, who after retirement as an officer in the education department was working in a private nursing home in Saptapur.
The incident occurred at 8.30am when Saroja went to the terrace to remove coconut leaves that had fallen due to heavy winds and rainfall on Friday night. She lost balance and fell off the terrace. She hit the compound wall of her house and died instantly, police said. Neighbours rushed to the spot and found her dead. Police shifted her body to the district civil hospital for postmortem.
Saroja was staying alone in her house. The last rites will be performed after her only daughter reaches Dharwad from Mysuru.
A case of unnatural death was registered at Suburban police station.