India, Sept. 18 -- A six-year-old girl was crushed to death after a heavy metal almirah toppled on her while she was playing at her home in Sohna, police said on Wednesday.

The deceased, identified as Deepanshi Kumari, lived with her parents in ward number 10 of Pahad colony in Sohna. The incident took place on Monday night, police said.

The girl was rushed to a private hospital in Sector-38 where she was declared brought dead.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said that the girl's parents and other family members were present in the house but in different rooms.

Deepanshi had been playing alone in a room where the almirah was kept. Police said she opened up the door and started swinging after which the struc...