Patana, April 3: An one and half-year-old baby boy died after he fell into a pond at Stam Munda Sahi under the Patana police limit in Keonjhar district today.

The deceased has been identified as Tarani, son of Rama Mumnda.

Sources said Munda and his wife were busy at work when the baby boy fell into the pond in the early morning.

After searching the baby frantically, the parents found him in the pond in unconscious condition.

Immediately, he was rushed to Patana Health Centre, however the doctors declared him dead.