India, Nov. 2 -- Nearly four months after an 11-year-old boy died after falling into a lift shaft at a residential building in Kurla East, the Nehru Nagar police have booked three office-bearers of the housing society for alleged negligence. The FIR alleges that they failed to ensure proper maintenance and repairs of the lift, which an engineer had reportedly found to be unfit.

The accused have been identified as society chairman Taufiq Asfaq Khan, 52, secretary Asif Mansur Khan, 50, and treasurer Mola Usen Patel, 60, of Shamim Tower Kurla Kadam Co-operative Housing Society. The case was registered on Saturday under Sections 106(1), 125, 289 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

The incident occurred around 9.30pm on July 6, 20...