10-month-old baby dies after swallowing beedi butt thrown by father

MANGALURU: A ten-month-old baby died after swallowing a beedi butt thrown by his father. The incident happened at Mangaluru in Karnataka. The baby’s mother has filed a complaint with the police, blaming her husband for negligence.

The dead was a baby boy of a couple from Bihar. The couple, migrant workers, lived in Mangaluru. The incident happened on June 14. The baby started showing discomfort in the afternoon. The couple later took the baby to a nearby hospital. The baby died on June 15 while undergoing treatment.

The woman filed a complaint with the Mangaluru police after knowing that the baby had swallowed a beedi butt. Since the baby started crawling, she had asked her husband several times not to throw the beedi and other items carelessly. However, the woman alleged in her complaint that the baby's life was lost due to her husband's negligence. The police have registered a case in the incident and started investigation.