Toddler dies after falling into a boiling pot; similar tragedy struck family two years ago
Sonbhadra (UP), Jun 30 (PTI): A toddler died after she accidentally fell into a boiling pot of 'chana', just two years after her sister, about the same age, was killed almost the same way - tragedy revisiting the family in an eerily similar manner.
Shailendra, a native of Jhansi, and his wife, who run a roadside stall selling street food in the Duddhi bazaar area of Sonbhadra district, lost their one-and-a-half-year-old girl after she accidentally fell into a boiling pot of chickpeas at their home, police said on Monday.
This incident is similar to another misfortune which struck the family two years ago when the couple lost their elder daughter, who, too, fell into a hot cooking vessel.
The tragedy took place at around 9 am on Friday when Shailendra was preparing chickpeas in a pot for his food stall. While he and his wife were momentarily engaged in other tasks, their toddler daughter, Priya, who was playing near the utensil, accidentally fell into the hot pot, police said.
The child was rushed to the Duddhi Community Health Centre, where doctors referred her to the district hospital for further treatment.
However, despite medical efforts, the child succumbed to her injuries on the same day, officials said.
Shailendra buried her daughter the next day near the banks of the Kanhar River in Duddhi.
He recalled that two years ago, his elder daughter, Saumya, aged around two at the time, also died in similar circumstances after she accidentally fell into a hot pot of utensils.
That, too, was an accident, he said.
Duddhi Station House Officer (SHO) Manoj Singh said the incident was not initially reported to the police.
"However, upon receiving information and conducting an inquiry, it was found to be an accident," he said.
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3 DRG personnel killed, 1 injured as IED goes off during demining operation in Chhattisgarh
Kanker (PTI): Three personnel of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), including an inspector, were killed and another jawan was injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off while they were trying to neutralise it in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, police said.
This was the first blast incident linked to Naxalite activity in the state since the country was declared free from armed Maoists on March 31.
The explosion occurred in a forest area under Chhotebethiya police station limits, near the Narayanpur district border, when a DRG team was conducting a demining operation to locate and defuse IEDs planted earlier by Naxalites, a police official said.
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During the operation, the security personnel detected an IED. However, the explosive went off while they were in the process of defusing it, seriously injuring four personnel, he said.
Inspector Sukhram Vatti, constable Krishna Komra and constable Sanjay Gadhpale succumbed to their injuries on the spot, the official said.
Another injured constable, Parmanand Komra, is undergoing treatment and receiving necessary medical care, he said.
Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, Sundarraj Pattilingam said, based on inputs from surrendered Maoist cadres and other intelligence over the past few months, security forces had recovered and neutralised hundreds of IEDs planted earlier by Naxalites across the Bastar range, comprising seven districts, including Kanker.
"However, in today's unfortunate incident, the IED accidentally exploded while the Kanker district police team was trying to defuse it, resulting in the death of three personnel and serious injuries to one," he said.
