A four-year-old girl died of severe burn wounds after she fell into a pot in which vegetables were being cooked in Maharashtra's Nagpur district, police said on Tuesday.

The child succumbed to her injuries at a hospital on Monday morning, an official from Wathoda police station said.

The incident occurred on October 14 when Trisha Balu Panbude, a resident of Shravan Nagar, was playing with other children, and she accidentally fell into a vessel in which vegetables were being cooked for a function in the neighbourhood, he said.

Bystanders immediately pulled her out, but she had already sustained severe burns and was rushed to a hospital.

The police have registered a case of accidental death and launched a probe, the official said.

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