A casual visit to a shopping mall in Mulund turned into a nightmare for Bhandup-based Rajiwade family when their two-year-old son's right hand got stuck in-between two steps of an escalator and he lost three fingers in the process. The incident happened on Tuesday night when they had gone to the mall with friends."

Twenty-six-year-old Ravindra Rajiwade, an auto-driver, said that after having snacks at the food court of R Mall, they went to the ground floor. "While my wife was busy window-shopping, I was holding my son Chinmay by his hand. Suddenly he left my hand and walked towards the escalator," said Ravindra. Ravindra immediately followed him but the toddler tried to climb up the escalator, which was moving downwards.