Monday, March 15, 2021

18-month-old girl ‘drowns’ in bucket of water

18-month-old girl ‘drowns’ in bucket of water

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:15.03.2021 

An 18-month-old girl was found dead in a bucket full of water at her house in Mannadi on Saturday. The deceased was Iniyasree, daughter of Kumaresan, 23, and Kalaivani, 20, of Subbu Pillai Street. Kumaresan is a daily wage labourer.

The incident happened on Saturday afternoon, when Kumaresan and Kalaivani were sleeping. When the couple woke up, they found their daughter missing. After they could not find her outside, they searched their house only to find Iniyasree’s body inside a bucket full of water in the bathroom. Police said the girl used to play in the bathroom by turning on the tap. The girl’s body was found upside down in the 1.5ft-tall bucket.

On information, North Beach police rushed to the spot and sent the body to the Government Stanley Hospital for postmortem. A case of suspicious death has been registered.

Police are also trying to find out if there were any external injuries. The child’s parents are being questioned, police said.

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