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UP toddler dies in chickpeas pot, 2 yrs after sister fell, died in hot vessel
The parents were momentarily got busy, which is when the toddler, who was playing at the time, fell inside the vessel in which the chickpeas were being cooked.
A toddler died after falling inside a hot kaddhai (vessel) in which chhole (chickpeas) was being cooked, two years after her sister's death in a similar incident. The incident took place in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra district, after the 18-month-old girl's father kept a pot of chickpeas on the stove for boiling.
According to news agency PTI, Shailendra, the toddler's father and a chaat seller, was preparing chickpeas in a pot. Just when he and his mother got busy was something else for a while, the toddler, who was playing at the time, fell inside the vessel in which the chickpeas were being cooked.
The incident took place at around 9 am on Friday.
The toddler was rushed to a local hospital, then referred to another, where she succumbed to the grave burn injuries and died.
According to Duddhi Station House Officer (SHO) Manoj Singh, the incident was not initially reported to the police. Shailendra buried her daughter the next day near the banks of a river.
"However, upon receiving information and conducting an inquiry, it was found to be an accident," the SHO said.
In a bizarre coincidence, the toddler's elder sister also met a similar fate two years ago and had died after she fell into a hot cooking pot.
Similar incidents in the past
Similar incidents have taken place in many areas in the past too. In February last year, a toddler died after falling to hot water tub in Haryana's Sohna district. The toddler's mother had kept the water ready to wash clothes, but when she rushed to close windows upon seeing a group of monkeys, her child crawled up to the tub and fell inside.
In 2018, a 18-month-old baby died after her falling into a cauldron containing in Mumbai. She was playing around the house and accidentally fell into the hot pot. She suffered around 80 per cent burns, and died.
In 2014, a toddler fell into a vat of boiling sugar syrup used for jalebis. The toddler was in his mother's arms at a market in Delhi's Trilokpuri, when an e-rickshaw hit her from behind, leading the toddler to fall into the hot liquid.
