Noida police have lodged an FIR against the maintenance firm and the residents' body office-bearers of a society here as well as German elevator manufacturer ThyssenKrupp, booking them for negligence leading to the death of an elderly woman, officials said on Friday.
A 72-year-old woman died of a possible heart attack on Thursday after the cable of a lift snapped in a residential tower of Paras Tierra Society, leading to a free fall between floors, police said.
Sushila Devi was alone in the lift which did not hit the ground but was caught between some of the middle floors of the building before getting stuck on the 25th floor, they said about the incident that took place around 4.30 pm in the high-rise society located in Sector 137.
