A four-year-old boy, who suffered severe burns after falling into a pot of hot sambar at Mallapur village in Peddapalli district on Sunday, died while undergoing treatment at MGM Hospital in Warangal on Monday morning.
The deceased was identified as Mokshith, son of Madhukar, a cook at Telangana Social Welfare Residential School/Junior College (Girls) in Mallapur. The incident occurred when Madhukar was preparing dinner in the kitchen on the premises of the residential educational institution.
The boy suddenly entered the kitchen and accidentally slipped into a bowl of hot sambar. Madhukar rushed to his son’s rescue and pulled him out of the vessel.
He rushed his son to District Headquarters Hospital in Karimnagar and later shifted him to MGM Hospital in Warangal as his condition worsened. The boy succumbed to burns on Monday around ten o’clock in the morning.
Published – 09 Dec 2025 0:45 IST
