An 18-month-old boy drowned in a bucket of water at a neighbour’s house in ward 1 of Bheriganga Municipality, Surkhet, on Thursday.

The child, the son of Deepak Rawat, was rushed to the provincial hospital in Surkhet, where he was pronounced dead, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Birendrabir Bishwakarma of the District Police Office, Surkhet.