A two-year-old boy died after falling into a water bucket at a house in the capital's Azimpur area on Sunday night.
The deceased was identified as Ayman Dhali, son of Mozammel Dhali, a Saudi expatriate of Kurigaon village in Munshiganj's Lauhajang upazila.
Quoting Khushi Begum, grandmother of the child, Inspector Bachhu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police camp, said Ayman and his mother came to her house a few days ago.
Ayman went to the washroom of their house around 8 pm. while her mother was busy cooking.
Later, he was found inside a water bucket in the washroom after his mother started searching for him. The balti was filled with water.
The family then rushed him to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared Ayman dead upon arrival.
"The body has been kept in the hospital morgue," Inspector Bachhu Mia added.