A one-and-a-half-year-old baby died after falling from mother's lap being hit by a battery-operated auto-rickshaw in the city's Kamrangirchar area on Wednesday evening.
The baby was identified as Osman Goni, son of Jiban Ahmed Shakil, a resident of Munshihati of Kamrangirchar area.
Inspector Md Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH Police Outpost, said the matter has been reported to the concerned police station.
The body has been kept at the hospital morgue, he added.