India, Oct. 30 -- A 40-year-old man and his 11-year-old son died after falling from the 23rd floor of a high-rise building in Greater Noida West while trying to pluck flowers on Friday morning, police said.

Ranjeet Singh, the in-charge of the local police station, said the wife of the man, Randeep, told investigators that the family was scheduled to leave for the Khatu Shyam temple in Rajasthan on Friday morning. "Before leaving, Randeep decided to pluck flowers that he had grown at the back of the balcony," he said.

Singh added that Randeep had placed a ladder to pluck flowers from a tree growing across the balcony. "While his son was plucking flowers, he lost his balance and fell. In an attempt to save his son, Randeep also lost his b...