Dahi Handi celebrations in Mumbai turn tragic after a seven-year-old boy dies when a brick column collapses onto him during activities at a local venue in Malvani/Malad West. Reports say the child, identified as Rudra Kadam, suffers severe head injuries and is taken to Malvani General Hospital, where he is declared brought dead. The incident is reported to have occurred around mid-afternoon at Ekta Welfare Society in Chikuwadi, near Marve Road.
Alongside the fatality, multiple outlets report large numbers of injuries among participants (“Govindas”) across the city during the human-pyramid formation and attempts to break handis suspended high above ground. Injury totals vary by outlet and update time, ranging from 32 injured to over 200 and up to 376, with some sources specifying breakdowns of discharges and those still under treatment. BMC-run and other hospitals across Mumbai treat injured Govindas, with conditions reported as stable in some cases.
Some outlets also reference an additional separate fatal incident connected to Dahi Handi celebrations elsewhere in Maharashtra, but the Mumbai collapse involving Rudra Kadam is consistently described as a brick/wall column collapse during the Malvani event.
