7 Year Old Boy's Hand Saved After Getting Trapped In Escalator

#1 This is the horrifying moment a seven-year-old boy gets his hand trapped in an escalator in a shopping centre.Sajan Daheriya was left in excruciating pain for over two hours, on Sunday, after his left hand got stuck in the escalator.The boy was playing with marbles when he slipped and his hand got trapped in the mechanical stairway, in Raipur, eastern India.He was with his mum when the accident happened.

#2 The young boy was freed only after a rescue crew cut the large metal plates from the escalator, which took them two hours.Videos captured by panicked shoppers revealed the dreadful moments workers carefully removed and cut the metal plates to release Sajan's hand.

#3 The boy was immediately rushed to a nearby government hospital where doctors assured him that there was no permanent damage caused to his limb.A case of negligence has been filed against the company that had installed the escalator.

#4 Police inspector Rakesh Chaturvedi said: "This was a grave case of negligence.

"Thankfully the child is safe but we have filed a case against the company that had installed the escalators in the mall.

"It seems that the railing of the escalator wasn't intact, which is why the boy's hand got stuck."