Chennai: A four-year-old girl succumbed at Chengalpet Govt Hospital on Monday after suffering severe burns when she fell into a vessel of boiling water at her family’s makeshift shelter near Guduvancherry on Saturday evening.The deceased, Avanthika, was the youngest of three daughters of Venkateswaralu, 43, a native of Andhra Pradesh. He lived with his family in a temporary shelter near the railway gate at Thailavaram. On Saturday evening, Avanthika was playing on a folding cot inside the shelter when it suddenly collapsed. She fell into a vessel containing boiling water and suffered severe burns. She was rushed her to Chengalpet Govt Hospital, where she died on Monday morning .
