Faridabad, March 1 A toddler drowned after falling into a water tank in Sainik Colony here, with police suspecting that the child lost control after climbing on top of the tank.
The boy, identified as two-and-a-half-year-old Hardeep, was found dead on Sunday after a postmortem.
According to police, tenants had built a temporary water tank for their own use in the building where the child and his parents lived.
The tank was covered with a plywood sheet, and it is suspected that the boy climbed onto the cover while playing, lost his balance and fell into the tank, police said.
Upon returning from work on Saturday, Hardeep's parents, who work as labourers, found that their child was missing.
His father, Raju and neighbours launched a search and found the child's body in a water tank, they added.
Police is investigating the matter to ascertain the cause of the fall.