India, Jan. 28 -- A four-year-old girl died after a large outdoor speaker, installed for a Republic Day programme in a lane at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Nagar in Vikhroli, fell on her on Monday.

According to the Vikhroli police, after the flag-hoisting ceremony on the lane, a speaker had been mounted on a three-legged stand and was playing patriotic songs. It was connected by a common power cable to another speaker placed across the road. At around 11:30am, a man carrying a bundle of clothes walked past and the bundle got caught in the wire, causing the heavy speakers to topple. One of the speakers fell on the child, Janhavi Sonkar who was walking behind the man, heading to a nearby park.

The police said that Janhavi, who lived with her par...