India, May 20 -- A seven-year-old boy died after allegedly getting trapped inside an elevator at a residential society in Pune's Nimbajnagar area on Sinhagad Road, police said on Tuesday.

The deceased was identified as Shivansh Shailesh Dhut, a resident of Riddhi Siddhi Apartment in Anand Nagar.

Shivansh was playing in the society premises on Monday night when he entered the lift alone. Police said he pressed the elevator buttons after entering, following which the lift started moving but got stuck before reaching the second floor.

When the child did not return for a long time, family members began searching for him. Later, they alerted the police and fire brigade.

Fire brigade personnel rushed to the spot and rescued the child from i...