PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 9 -- A seven-year-old boy, Ishu, died after a dilapidated iron gate of a composite school collapsed on him while he was playing with it in Chakia Dhamour village under Baharia police station area of Prayagraj on Wednesday morning.

Ishu had accompanied his father to relieve himself near the school. While returning home, he was playing by holding onto the school gate when it suddenly fell, killing him instantly in front of his father's eyes.

Police sent the body for postmortem before handing it over to the family. According to reports, Manoj Pal, a resident of Chakia Dhamour village, had taken his only son, Ishu, to a field near the school to relieve himself around 6:30 am on Wednesday. While returning, Manoj Pal went to w...