25-year-old falls off building, dies

Punjagutta: A 25-year-old man died after falling off a building after an altercation with his roommate under Punjagutta police station limits late on Monday night.

According to police, Babloo (25) and Karthik, natives of Orissa, came to Hyderabad for livelihood and were staying in a rented house in Punjagutta area. On Monday midnight, they had an altercation over some petty issue, after which Kranti left the place with a warning that he would call a few of his friends.

Babloo got panicky and tried to jump on to the adjacent building to avoid being attacked and accidentally slipped and fell in the process. He suffered grievous injuries and died on the spot. On receipt of information, police rushed to the spot and shifted the body to Gandhi Hospital mortuary for postmortem. They registered a case, and took up investigation.