Gurugram, Nov. 6 -- A 28-year-old man died after falling from the balcony of his 10th-floor apartment at The Leaf society in Gurugram's Sector 85 while fixing Diwali lights on Wednesday, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place around 11.30am. Police said the man, who worked for a private firm in Manesar, was on the balcony when he fell to the ground. Security guards who reached the spot alerted the society management and police before rushing him to a private hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said the circumstances of the fall were initially unclear.

"Only the man's mother was at home at the time of the incident. She later told police that her son ...