New Delhi, Sept. 14 -- In a tragic incident, a 12-year-old child and his mother died after falling from the 13th floor of a building in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh.

The incident took place on Saturday morning at a residential building in Ace City, Noida.

According to police, Darpan Chawla's mentally ill son, Daksh, reportedly ran fast to jump down from the balcony of his flat on 13th floor.

In an attempt to save Daksh, his mother, Sakshi Chawla (38), also ran, but both of them fell from the balcony and died.

At the time of the incident, Darpan Chawla was in another room of the house.

The police have sent the two bodies for postmortem.

An investigation into the matter is underway.

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