A four-month-old baby boy was killed after he fell into a foundation pit on Seshadri Road near Anand Rao Circle on Monday.
The boy was the son of Jyothi and Peddaraju, both construction workers from Andhra Pradesh.
According to Upparpet Police, the couple moved to Bangalore 20 days ago in search of a job. They were employed at Sudarshan Kalyan Mantap where the construction of kitchen was taken up.
The construction workers had dug up a nearly 10-foot pit for the foundation. Jyothi was sitting on the pit and was feeding her baby around 2.15 pm. The soil had become weak due to recent rains.
T he portion where she was sitting caved in and the mother and the baby fell into the pit. The baby’s head hit a stone as he fell down, the police said.
The workers rushed them to a nearby hospital where the baby succumbed to head injuries. Jyothi sustained minor injuries.