In a tragic incident, a four-year-old girl died of burn injuries after she fell onto a vessel full of tea and was scalded by the hot liquid, at her house in east Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar.
The freak accident occurred on Saturday when the girl, Aayat, was playing with her siblings.
The girl’s body was handed over to her family after a post mortem on Monday. While the report of the post mortem is awaited, police have prima facie ruled out any foul play in the case.
Cramped space
The house where the accident took place is a tiny one-room accommodation where Aayat and her eight family members lived.
The victim was the youngest of her parents’ seven children. The room is close to one of the by-lanes near the Old Seelampur police post.
On the day of the accident, the entire family had gathered for their morning cup of tea.
Aayat’s 16-year-old sister, the eldest among them, had prepared the tea and kept the brimming vessel next to the bed.
Fell face down
According to the police, Aayat, who was playing with her brother on the bed, lost control and fell face down near the hot vessel.
The impact of the fall caused the tea to fall on her and the hot liquid burnt her face and chest.
As Aayat lay screaming, her mother and sister scrambled to wipe off the hot tea and threw cold water on her. The other family members rushed to inform the police.
A police team then took the injured girl to the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital. After battling for life for over two days, Aayat succumbed to her injuries on Monday.
Police said that the girl was frail and malnourished, which worsened the impact of the burns.
“We have not registered a case so far, but a probe is on,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Nupur Prasad.
