Rampur, May 16: In a tragic incident reported from Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur, a councillor’s six-year-old son choked to death after toffee got stuck in his throat. The incident took place in Shahabad locality of Rampur. Hanja, the son of municipal councillor Anjum, had gone to a local grocery store on Thursday morning to buy toffee with some money he had taken from home.

Hindi Daily Amar Ujala reported that the child had innocently embarked on this routine errand, unaware of the impending tragedy. The toffee he purchased ended up stuck in his throat. A puss formation in his throat obstructed the windpipe, following which he fell unconscious due to breathing difficulty. His family rushed him to hospital where he was declared dead. The incident has left the family in shock and mourning. Karnataka Shocker: Food Gets Stuck in Throat, Differently-Abled Boy Dies of Suffocation in Koppal.

This is not the first time that such incident has come to light. In January this year, an eight-month-old baby died after food got stuck in its throat. The baby, Risha Fathima of Kuttippuram in Malappuram, was admitted in the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital after the food she had got stuck in her throat. Tamil Nadu Horror: Body Builder Chokes to Death After Bread Eaten During Workout Break Stuck in Throat.

Earlier last year,  a 13-month-old boy died of suffocation after a snack he was consuming got stuck in his throat. The toddler, Kranti Kumar was left with a few pieces of punugulu (a traditional deep-fried snack from Andhra Pradesh) while his mother was engaged in her household chores. According to the police, Kranti suffocated while consuming the snack following which he was rushed to hospital.

A puss formation in his throat obstructed the windpipe, following which he fell unconscious due to breathing difficulty. However, he died before being rushed to the hospital.

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