Greater Noida, Oct. 31 -- A man and his 11-year-old son died on Friday after falling from the 23rd floor of a high-rise in Greater Noida west, police said, adding that preliminary investigation found the two had been plucking flowers and no foul play was suspected.

The deceased were identified as Randeep Patra, a native of West Bengal, and his son, a Class 6 student, residents of Mahagun Mywoods Society in Gaur City 2. They are survived by Randeep's wife, Amrita. Both Randeep, 40, and Amrita are posted as section officers at the Central Secretariat in New Delhi.

Police said they received information from the society's security guard early Friday that a man and a child had fallen from the high-rise. "We rushed them to a nearby hospital, ...