MALAPPURAM: A six-year-old girl died after her neck got entangled in the rope tied to a cradle while playing. The deceased has been identified as Haya Fathima, the daughter of Banglamkunnu native Jaffer Siddique and Shabna. The accident happened when she was playing with her young brother near the cradle.

Although the girl was immediately rushed to the nearby Taluk Hospital, she could not be saved. Haya Fathima was a Class 2 student at Markaz Albirr school. The body has been shifted to the mortuary of the Kuttippuram Taluk Hospital.

A 12-year-old from Kozhikode had died in a similar fashion in February this year. Payyanakkal native Muhammad Rizwan (12) choked to death after his neck got entangled in the rope while playing.