BHAKTAPUR, Sept 5: A minor on Wednesday drowned in a bucket filled with water in Changunarayan Municipality-3, Jhaukhel.
The deceased has been identified as two-year-old Pratush Shrestha, son of Devendra Shrestha of Sindhupalchwok, Bahrabise, currently staying at a rented house in Jhaukhel.
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The minor died after he accidentally fell into a water-filled bucket on the courtyard of the house, said DSP Rewati Raman Pokharel of Metropolitan Police Range, Bhaktapur.
His dead body has been kept at Bhaktapur Hospital for postmortem.
