Daijiworld Media Network – Anantapur
Anantapur, Sep 26: In a heartbreaking incident, a one-and-a-half-year-old girl died after accidentally falling into a pot of boiling milk kept inside a school kitchen at Ambedkar Gurukula School in Bukkarayasamudram village, Anantapur district.
The tragedy, captured on CCTV, occurred when 17-month-old Akshita accompanied her mother Krishnaveni, a security guard employed under Seva Supreme Agency, to the school’s kitchen. The milk, prepared for distribution to students, had been placed under a ceiling fan to cool.
According to the footage, Akshita and her mother briefly stepped out and returned, after which the toddler wandered back alone, following a cat that approached the container. As she neared the pot, she lost her balance and fell directly int