India, July 23 -- A private maintenance firm and its officials were booked on Tuesday after a 24-year-old man suffered spinal fractures when a basketball pole collapsed on him while he was playing at Antriksh Heights society in Sector 84, police said on Wednesday.

The incident took place between 6.30pm and 7pm on Sunday when Kartik Dalal was playing basketball with his friends at the society's common area court. Police said he suffered fractures at two locations in the spine and multiple injuries to his limbs. He is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Sector 90.

Investigators said the victim's father, Dharmendra Dalal, submitted a written complaint against the RWA office-bearers and the estate manager on Sunday. Following the ...