Bengaluru, Dec 6 (TIWN) A security guard slipped off the scaffolding and fell to his death while replacing a film poster at a movie theatre in the city, police said on Sunday.

"Chandrappa, 68, slipped while fixing a film poster on the Triveni theatre building in the city centre. He was rushed to the nearby state-run Victoria hospital but doctors declared him dead on admission," Upparpete police station Sub-Inspector Shivaswamy told IANS here.  Police booked a case of negligence against the owner and manager of the theatre building under section 304A of the Indian Penal Code.