Around 4am, the ceiling plaster collapsed in the 225-square-foot accomodation. The debris buried the boy and struck his mother on her face
MUMBAI: An eight-year-old boy was killed and his mother injured after a portion of the ceiling plaster collapsed on them early on Friday at their Goregaon home. The family lives on rent in an MMRDA building for project-affected people constructed 10 years ago.
Residents said this is the second time a ceiling plaster crash had occurred and despite petitioning the authorities repeatedly, no repairs had been undertaken. Goregaon police had not pressed any charges at the time of going to press.