An one-year-old girl died after falling into a bucket of water while playing at her house in Kavangarai near Puzhal on Monday. The police have registered a case and are investigating.The deceased was identified as Yogamaya, daughter of autorickshaw driver Hari Prakash and his wife Sumithra of Kannappasamy Nagar.The police said Hari Prakash had gone out for an autorickshaw trip while Sumithra was attending to household chores. Yogamaya was playing inside the house when she is suspected to have fallen headfirst into a bucket of water kept in the bathroom.When the child could not be found for some time, Sumithra searched the house and found her unconscious with her head submerged in the bucket. She immediately rescued the child and rushed her to a nearby private hospital.However, doctors who examined Yogamaya declared that she had died on the way to the hospital. Published - August 31, 2026 09:35 pm IST