Chennai

The incident happened around 2.30 pm when they were watching TV at their house on the ground floor of the building at Mathiyazhagan Nagar. A concrete part of the roof came off and fell on Sathya's head.

She suffered grievous injuries and her mother rushed her to a private hospital but she was declared brought dead. Investigation revealed that the they had been staying in the house for about a year. While they had decided to vacate the house, they waited for the Adi Tamil month to get over to shift, said police.

Based on a complaint by Lakshmi, Virugambakkam police registered a case and booked owner K Jeyasankar. Police said it is a 30-year-old building with six houses, said to be in dilapidated condition.

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