Class 6 student chokes to death while eating 3 puris at Secunderabad school

Hyderabad: An 11-year-old schoolboy here choked to death while eating three puris at a time during his lunch break.

The boy was identified as Viren Jainn, a Class 6 student at Akshara Vagdevi International School in Secunderabad. The incident occurred on Monday during the school’s lunch break.

According to the complaint lodged by his father Gowtham Jain, he received a call from the school saying that the incident occurred while his son was having lunch. The school said that because he was eating more than two puris at a time, he choked on them and, unable to breathe.

According to Begumpet Police Inspector CH Ramayya, the boy got puris packed in his lunch box. During the break, he tried to eat three puris at a time. This led to him choking on the puris that cut off his breathing and collapsed.

Immediately, the school staff shifted him to Geetha Nursing Home in West Marredpally for treatment. Later, the duty doctors advised him to shift to Apollo Hospital, Secunderabad.

The doctors at Apollo Hospital declared him dead upon examination. In the complaint, the boy’s father said that there was nothing suspicious about his son’s death.

Doctors say that eating food too fast can lead to choking, Puris are otherwise soft.

This is a developing copy.