The girl died of severe burns after the boiling milk spilled on her, news agency PTI reported, citing police. A three-year-old girl in Maharashtra’s Beed district reportedly died after a pot of boiling milk spilled on her while trying to flee a stray dog outside her home.
Cited in the report, the tragedy struck when the child was playing outside her home at Nandur Haveli on Thursday, according to a local police official. In a separate incident reported from Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district, a three-year-old girl lost her life after being attacked by a stray dog, PTI reported on Friday. A stray dog suddenly charged at her, barking aggressively. A neighbour who took the child to the hospital, stated that her grandparents were working in the fields at the time of the tragic incident, and her parents were away in Rajasthan’s Ajmer for work.
The incident comes just days after the family had celebrated her third birthday on Dussehra, according to an official.
