A seven-year-old boy died after a brick column collapsed on him during Dahi Handi celebrations in Malad West on Saturday afternoon.

The incident took place at Ekta Welfare Society in Chikuwadi, Malvani, around 3 pm. According to preliminary information, a group of children were tying a handi to a tree on one end, and to the brick column of a single-storey structure on the other. The brick column collapsed, striking Rudra Kadam, 7, on the head.