23-year-old man jumps off third floor to escape dog, dies at Chandanagar

A 23 year-old man died after jumping from the third floor of a building while trying to escape a dog at Chandanagar.

The deceased, identified as Uday, a native of Tenali in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and resident of Ashoknagar went to a hotel located at Chandanagar on Sunday.

He reached third floor of the hotel and when he stepped out of the lift and moved into



the balcony, a dog rushed towards him.

“Uday got afraid and to save himself, he jumped from a window on the third floor on to the ground. He sustained serious injuries and was shifted to hospital where he died while undergoing treatment, ” said an official of Chandanagar police station. 

A case was registered.