BENGALURU: A 1.9-year-old boy, who accidentally slipped into a bucket containing chemicals inside a factory next to his house in Srirampura, succumbed to his injuries on Friday.The deceased, R Subramani, had fallen into the bucket on the afternoon of November 2 while playing with his eight-year-old sister.He was the second child of Ramesh Kumar and his wife, residents of Lakshminarayanapura. Both parents work at private companies. Ramesh’s elderly mother would look after the children while they were at work, police said.A factory manufacturing copper materials is located next to their house. The siblings were playing inside the factory when the accident occurred.The incident was captured on the factory’s CCTV camera. The footage shows Subramani walking backwards before hitting the bucket and falling into it.The bucket then overturns, spilling the chemical on him. His sister pulled him away from the spot, while factory workers rushed to help.“He was immediately shifted to a nearby private hospital where he was being treated in ICU. However, the child succumbed on Friday,” an investigating officer said.
