An 11-year-old boy playing with other children on the steps of a building in the capital died after allegedly sustaining serious injuries from a fall down a flight of stairs on Wednesday night.

The deceased was identified as Md Roman, son of Jahangir of Charfashion upazila in Bhola district. He was a student of Class IV. 

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Police said that Roman was playing with other children on the stairs of the building in the city’s Hazaribagh Bou Bazar area around 8pm when he lost balance while catching a ball and fell down the stairs.

A critically injured Roman was rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, where he was declared dead around 9.30pm, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of the hospital police outpost.

The staircase of the building was filled up with rainwater, he added.