Thane, Dec 3 (PTI) A 4-year-old boy died in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district on Saturday after a marble slab of a school's compound wall fell on him, a police official said.

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The child was identified as Anand Kushwaha, who was playing at the time near the school in Tawre Compound area, he said.

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He was declared dead on arrival at a nearby hospital, the official said, adding the child and his family had come to reside in the area just nine weeks ago.

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