KANPUR, May 30 -- : A 10-year-old girl died after accidentally strangling herself while playing on a makeshift swing made from a sari at her home in Auraiya district on Thursday, police said.

The girl, identified as Jaya Saxena, was a class 6 student of Dehati Inter College in Achhalda town. The incident took place around 12:30 pm at the family's house in Nahar Bazaar.

According to police and family members, Jaya had tied a sari to the latch of a room door on the first floor and was using it as a swing. During play, the cloth tightened around her neck.

Her elder sister, Manvi, found her unconscious and raised an alarm. Neighbours rushed the child to the community health centre, where doctors declared her dead. Her mother, Geeta Devi, h...