Kanpur: The Ganga Mela celebrations turned tragic in the Chakeri area of the city on Friday where a 40-year-old man fell down from the top of a human pyramid formation while participating in the Dahi Handi festival. The man was identified as Mukesh Kumar Savita, a resident of the Chabileypurwa locality in Chakeri. Mukesh.
Inspector Chakeri Dadhibal Tiwari, said, Mukesh, who was at the top of the human pyramid, was in inebriated condition due to which he lost balance and fell down from a height of 20 ft during the Dahi Handi celebration.
The police rushed him to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead. The body was later shifted to mortuary.
A case had been registered and an investigation was underway, said the inspector adding that the Dahi Handi festival was organised in the area for the first time on the occasion of Ganga Mela.
“The doctors at the hospital said that the death has been caused following injury in the man’s neck. We are investigating the case from all possible angles. We are also awaiting the postmortem report,” said inspector further.