A 7-year-old child died after falling from her grandmother's lap while they were on a battery-run rickshaw in the capital's Konabari on Tuesday afternoon.
The deceased is Tahmina Akter Tanisha, daughter of Abul Kalam of Matlab upazila of Chandpur.
The victim's paternal uncle Mehedi Hasan Sajal said the child lived with her family in Jatrabari.
He said Tanisha along with two other children were going to Dogair Bazar from Matuail by a battery-run auto-rickshaw. On the way, Tanisha fell on the road from the lap of her grandmother, leaving her seriously injured.
She was rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital where Tanisha succumbed to her injuries under treatment.
Confirming the matter, Dhaka Medical College Hospital police outpost in-charge Bacchu Mia said the body was kept at the hospital morgue and Jatrabari police station has been informed about the matter.
Child dies falling out of electric rickshaw
