The deceased has been identified as a local three-year-old body Sanu Srivastav.[break]
A candle lit during the load-shedding hours fell off over the gas cylinder, inviting the explosion.
The incident took place when the boy was sleeping inside the room alone.
The house was slightly damaged in the gas-explosion, it is learnt.
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