Youth leaps to death from third floor, kills school boy too

A youth, who jumped from the third floor of an apartment reportedly to commit suicide, fell on a school boy walking down the road, resulting in a double death.

Police said Jayakanthan (28), a resident of Tondiarpet in north Chennai, had gone to his relative's house recently, where he suddenly went to the third floor and leaped from there.

He fell on seven-year-old Mustaq Ali who was returning home after tuition classes, police added.

While Jayakanthan died on the spot, Mustaq succumbed to injuries at the Government General Hospital here.

Police are investigating the factors which made the youth take the extreme step.