Mangaluru: An eight-year-old boy died after he was trapped between the floors in a lift at an apartment in Chilimbi on Wednesday. Ironically, his parents work as security guards in the same apartment.

The four-storeyed building, Bharathi Heights, is located on fourth cross in Chilimbi.

Police have identified the boy as Manjunath, son of Neelappa and Parvathi, both originally hailing from Hungundha taluk in Bagalkote. They had migrated to Mangaluru to earn a living.

According to residents of the building, the boy was playing in the lift while his sister was standing outside. They said at some point, the boy failed to close the door of the lift. Meanwhile, a resident from another floor called the lift. As a result, the boy was taken along with the lift, the door being still open. He was trapped between the two floors and he sustained critical injuries.

Though he was rushed to a private hospital, doctors declared him brought dead.

A resident said Parvathi had recently enrolled her son into Class 1 for the academic year 2019-20.

Earlier, a seven-year-old boy named Mohammed Sinan lost his life after getting stuck in a lift at an apartment on Vas Lane here.