Toddler twin die in washing machine
Twins brothers aged 3 years, drowned to death in a washing machine when their mother went out to buy some washing detergent in New Delhi.
The boys were found with their heads down in the tumbler of the machine, reports The Times of India.
Police say a probe has been initiated into the cause of death. Through a preliminary probe indicated it was an accident, the cops are looking at all angles.
Doctors confirmed death by drowning. The bodies have been sent to a government hospital for autopsy.
The incident was reported around 12:40pm when their mother, Rakhi, left Laksh and Neeshu playing near the bathroom in their first-floor apartment.
Rakhi told the police that she had piled up clothes near the washing machine -a top-loading, semi-automatic model -filled it with water and gone to a grocery store nearby to buy washing powder. The door of the flat had not been locked.
When she returned after no more than six minutes, she couldn't find the children. She looked for them in the neighbouring apartments and then informed her husband, Ravinder, who works as a manager with a private insurance company.
They have another child, Aditya, 10, who was in school. Ravinder came home within 10 minutes and joined the search for the children.
"The couple returned home around 1:10pm and checked the washing machine. To their horror, they found the children lying head down in the water," a neighbor said.
The couple pulled them out of the tumbler and rushed them to a private hospital where the boys were declared dead. Ravinders then took them to Jaipur Golden Hospital in Rohini where doctors confirmed death due to drowning.
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