Kolkata, Sept. 19 -- An 18-month-old baby tragically drowned after falling from a cot into a waterlogged room in Gaurangatala village, located in the Manikchak block of West Bengal's Malda district, official sources confirmed today.
The incident occurred yesterday while the child was asleep.
According to reports, the baby slipped off the cot and into the accumulated water inside the house. At the time of the mishap, the child's mother was away at the local village market for shopping.
Returning home, the mother saw her child in the water and fell unconscious. She immediately took the baby to a nearby hospital, where the doctors proclaimed dead.
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