A tragic incident was reported from Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Goregaon East, where a five-year-old girl, identified as Aakriti Yadav, accidentally drowned in a water-filled drum in her residence bathroom on August 19.

According to police, the deceased was a special needs child and also suffered from epilepsy. She was undergoing treatment with a neurologist in Chembur. On the night of August 18, a family religious ceremony was held, and due to the late hours, all family members and guests slept in the house. Aakriti was sleeping next to her aunt, Pooja Yadav.

Around 10.30 the next morning, Pooja Yadav noticed Aakriti inside the bathroom drum with her head submerged and legs up. She immediately raised an alarm, and family members rushed the child to MV Desai Hospital, Malad East, where doctors declared her dead before admission at 11.05 am. “A panchnama was carried out, and the body was sent for post-mortem at Siddharth Hospital to ascertain the exact cause of death,” said an officer from Dindoshi police station.