In a tragic incident, a one-year-old child in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur died after slipping from his father’s arms and falling off the third floor of a shopping mall.

The incident took place on Tuesday and was captured on a CCTV camera inside the mall premises.

The video showed a man carrying his son in his arms, with another person and a young child, standing in front of the escalators. The man is seen trying to help another child step on the escalator when the toddler in his arms slipped from his grasp and fell.

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According to the details, the child fell from a height of approximately 40 feet to the ground, according to an India Today report.

The child was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared dead.