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Uttar Pradesh: Youth sets off Diwali cracker in 3-year-old's mouth, victim critical
The girl was rushed to a nearby medical facility where her condition is described as serious.
MEERUT: In a shocking incident, a three-year-old girl was critically injured when a mischievous youth put a firecracker in her mouth and lit it on Diwali eve in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut cit. The girl was rushed to a nearby medical facility where her condition is described as serious, IANS reported. The incident happened at the Milak village on the Daurala road on Tuesday. The police have lodged an FIR against the miscreant and have launched a search for him.
Shashi Kumar, the girl's father, in his complaint has named local youth Harpal, who went to his daughter who was playing outside their house and stuffed a 'sutli bomb' in her mouth and lit the fuse.
Her mother alleged that her three-year-old daughter got injured after a youth had set off firecrackers inside her mouth on Diwali eve.
The bomb exploded in the girl's mouth, causing serious injuries. She has received 50 stitches and her throat has also been infected, further compounding her health condition.
"Her tongue received a cut, her cheeks have burn marks and there are dust particles inside her mouth," the doctor said.
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