A miniature snack pack toy turned fatal for a four-year-old boy who choked to death after swallowing the toy, in Eluru town of Andhra Pradesh's West Godavari district on Thursday, 2 November, PTI reported.
Meesala Nireekshan, who unsuspectingly chewed and swallowed the plastic toy along with tomato rings in the packet at his home in Eluru last evening, choked to death.Police official to PTI
The toy was inside the snack packet and after a few bites of the tomato rings, the boy consumed it, mistaking it for an eatable, the police official added.
He then started vomiting and froth oozed out of his mouth when his mother saw him. Stuck in the throat, the toy caused the boy to choke as the efforts to pull it out failed.
The boy was immediately rushed to the government hospital where he was declared brought dead.
The boy's parents later filed a police complaint with the Two Town Police against the snack manufacturer, the police added.
A case under relevant sections pertaining to unnatural death was registered in connection with the incident.
(With inputs from PTI)
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