She was taken to DDU Hospital where doctors pronounced her dead, police said (by proxy).

New Delhi:

A 17-year-old girl died after allegedly falling from the balcony of her house in southwest Delhi’s Sagarpur district, police said on Thursday.

A video allegedly showing the girl falling into the street and passersby gathering at the scene has been widely shared on social media.

Police said they received a call at 7.12pm on Wednesday that a girl had fallen from a balcony in the Dabri Extension area of ​​Sagarpur.

She was taken to DDU Hospital where doctors declared her dead, a senior police official said.

According to family members, the girl was getting clothes from a line on the balcony when she slipped and fell, the official said.

She lived with her parents and two siblings.

The family hailed from Sonipat in Haryana. According to them, she was also undergoing psychiatric treatment in Panipat, police said.

No foul play is suspected so far and the case is being investigated from all angles after a case is registered under the provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, they added.

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