Minor boy drowns in bucket water

New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) A minor boy was drowned when he accidentally fell into a bucket full of water in his north Delhi home on Tuesday evening, police said.

Police said two-year-old Aditya was last seen alive while playing on the house stairs in Wazirpur while his father was sleeping inside. When he woke up around 5 p.m., he found Aditya lying lifeless in the bucket, a police officer said.

The boy was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.

"Prima facie, it appears Aditya accidentally slipped from the stairs and fell into the bucket. He could not come out and drowned," he said.

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