Four-year-old girl drowns in Yadagirigutta temple tank

A four-year-old girl, Shivalingam Aadhya, died after accidentally falling into the temple tank near Kalyana Katta in Yadadri on Wednesday. Her family rushed her to AIIMS Bibinagar, where doctors declared her dead. Yadagirigutta police registered a case.

Hyderabad: In a tragic incident, a four-year-old girl from the city died after accidentally falling into the temple tank near the Kalyana Katta in Yadadri on Wednesday evening.

The girl, Shivalingam Aadhya, was accompanying her family from Badangpet in Saroornagar mandal of Rangareddy district to visit the Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple on October 21.

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According to the police, while her father, Praveen Kumar, and other family members were bathing in the tank, the child was playing near the steps when she accidentally slipped and fell into the water.

Family members and others immediately pulled her out and rushed her to AIIMS Bibinagar for treatment. However, doctors declared her dead.

Yadagirigutta police registered a case and arranged for an autopsy at the Government Hospital in Bhongir.

The girl’s body was later handed over to her father on Thursday. The family raised no suspicion regarding the death.

The case is under investigation.