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3-year-old loses fingers after hand crushed in Hyderabad mall; parents allege negligence

The girl's family alleged that the mall authorities reacted in a very irresponsible manner after the incident and did not even come forward to help.

ByAjay Tomar

Published May 07, 2023 | 11:33 PM ⚊UpdatedMay 07, 2023 | 11:34 PM

3-year-old's fingers amputated after hand crushed in Hyderabad mall due to negligence

The girl was playing at the 'Smash Zone' in the mall when her right hand got stuck in an open machine. (Creative Commons)

In a tragic incident, a three-year-old girl’s hand was crushed in a joyride on Sunday, 7 May, at the City Center Mall in Banjara Hills in Hyderabad.

The girl, identified as Mehwish Lubna, was playing at the “Smash Zone” in the mall when her right hand got stuck in an open machine.

“Even after her hand got stuck, she kept her hand in the machine. It was operating without proper safety covers, due to which her right hand’s three fingers and left hand’s top index finger got crushed,” Banjara Hills ACP Sridhar told South First.

On 29 April, owing to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s negligence, a 10-year-old girl fell into an open drain in Secunderabad’s Kalasiguda. Two officials were suspended after the incident.

Case registered against play zone

In Sunday’s incident, the girl was rushed to a nearby hospital for immediate medical attention, where doctors were left with no choice other than amputating her right hand’s three fingers as they were completely crushed.

As per cops, the girl’s father Syed Maqsood, a private employee who lives in Ibrahim Nagar in Banjara Hills, alleged that the mall reacted in a very irresponsible manner after the incident.

“The family said that mall authorities did not even come forward to help them after the incident,” Sridhar said.

Maqsood reportedly approached the mall management for CCTV footage of the incident.

However, the mall authorities responded by saying that they had deleted the CCTV footage of the incident area, after which the family filed the case.

Demanding legal action against City Center Mall’s management for the loss incurred to his daughter, the family alleged negligence on the part of the mall management and Smash Zone staff.

It is now seeking justice while hoping that necessary measures are taken to ensure that such incidents do not happen in the future.

Meanwhile, the Banjara Hills police have registered a case against Smash Zone under Sections 337 (negligence endangering human life) and 201 (disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information) of the IPC.