Mahoba (UP): A six-month-old boy sleeping in the courtyard of a house in UP died of suffocation after a buffalo dropped dung on his face, sources said on Friday.
The incident took place in Satari village of Kotwali Kulpahar in Mahoba district, two days ago, the sources said.
His mother Nikta was feeding straw to the animals as the buffalo was tied nearby where the baby was sleeping.
When the buffalo dropped dung on the baby's face, it could neither breathe, nor cry.
The mother came to notice this half an hour later, when the child had become unconscious.
The family rushed him to the district hospital in a critical condition, where he was declared dead.
The family brought the body home without conducting a post-mortem.
His uncle Virendra said that more than six animals were tied in the house when the incident took place.
The child's father Mukesh Yadav, works in the animal husbandry department.
IANS with edits