Bhopal, May 28 -- A 51-year-old man died of a heart attack in Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal after his eight-year-old son was stuck in an elevator (lift) due to sudden power cut, an official said.

The incident was reported in Jatkhedi locality under the jurisdiction of Misrod police station in the city on Monday night (May 26). The man who died was identified as Rishiraj Bhatnagar, he lived here on the third floor of an apartment in the locality with his wife and two sons.

On the night of the incident, the man came downstairs and found his younger son there. He then asked him to go home and the boy took the elevator but moments later, there was a power outage, leading the man to suffer a panic attack and die. The power of the building ...