A one-and-a-half-year old boy died after consuming mosquito repellent liquid at Siddharth Nagar under Piplani police station area on Wednesday.
According to the police, victim Afroz who was playing in the house got hold of mosquito repellent kept in the house and consumed it. He was taken to Anant Shree hospital.
The incident occurred at around 6 pm and when the family spotted the boy in an unconscious condition he was rushed to Anant Shree hospital situated at Indrapuri, where he died later at around 7 pm.
The police have registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC and handed over the body of the victim to the family for performing last rites.
Police said, the family confirmed that the victim consumed the poisonous liquid accidentally and they have accepted the family’s plea of providing body of the victim without conducting post-mortem examination.
Further investigation would be conducted and it would be probed if the death was caused due to the negligence of the parents or it was purely accidental. If the parents of the victims are found guilty, action would be taken against the family.
It is possible that the victim might have been poisoned but it could not be ascertained at the moment and would be investigated.
At the time of the incident, the family members were present but were busy with their work which proved costly for the family.