India, March 22 -- A 3-year-old child died after falling from the 12th-floor balcony of a residential apartment at Gaur City-1 in Greater Noida on Friday evening, police said.

According to the police, the child was playing and looking for a guardian when he fell from the balcony, sustaining critical injuries that led to his death. Local residents and security guards in the society rushed the child to a nearby private hospital, where doctors declared him dead, police said.

They added that no case has been registered as the incident appears accidental. "It was accidental. The child was asleep, and the guardian had stepped out briefly for some work. After waking up, the child began looking for the guardian, dragged a chair to the balcony t...