18-mth-old baby falls off mom’s lap, drowns

Nagpur: An one-and-half year old boy, Raj Thakre, drowned in overflowing flood water after falling off his mother’s lap when his parents suffered an electrical shock at their hut on Beltarodi Road on Monday.
Thakre couple resided at a makeshift hut, working at an adjoining construction site. The couple had woken up in the wee hours on realizing water was entering their hut with great force.
Raj was sleeping between them. His mother picked up the child and was rushing outside when the couple suffered an electrical shock. Sanjay’s wife lost her grip on the child, which fell into the water and drowned.
The parents had managed to retrieve the baby from the water and rushed him to GMCH but was declared dead. tnn