Allahabad MP Rita Bahuguna's 6-year-old granddaughter succumbs to cracker burns

The MP's aide said Kiya died around 2 am on Tuesday at the city hospital where she was admitted following the incident on Monday afternoon.

Published: 17th November 2020 04:00 PM  |   Last Updated: 17th November 2020 04:00 PM   |  A+A A-

The ban on sale and use of firecrackers has been imposed ahead of Diwali to prevent further rise in air pollution. (File Photo | R Satish Babu, EPS)

By PTI

ALLAHABAD: The granddaughter of Allahabad MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi has died of burns received during bursting of crackers, a close aide of the BJP leader said on Tuesday.

She was six-year-old.

The MP's aide said Kiya died around 2 am on Tuesday at the city hospital where she was admitted following the incident on Monday afternoon.

He said the Bahuguna's granddaughter was bursting crackers with a couple of other children when the accident took place.

A spokesman said the MP's son Mayank was in Lucknow at the time of the incident and had booked an air ambulance to take Kiya to Delhi for treatment.

Kiya was to be taken to Delhi on Tuesday. Kiya will be cremated at Allahabad's Daraganj on his father's arrival from Lucknow.

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