WOMAN DIES AS ‘PANIPURI’ GETS STUCK IN WINDPIPE

A woman in Odisha’s Sundargarh district reportedly died due to suffocation while eating Panipuri, reports said on Wednesday. The incident was reported at Sarafgarh village under Lephripara police station in Sudargarh district on Tuesday evening. The deceased was identified as Phulamati Kisan.

According to sources, a panipuri (Gupchup) reportedly got stuck in the windpipe of Phulamati while she was having the snack with her family members. She was immediately rushed to Lephripara hospital where the doctor declared her dead on arrival.

Doctors suspected that she might have died due to the blockage in the windpipe. “If any kind of food enters the windpipe it causes asphyxiation resulting in immediate death of a person,” said Sundargarh Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) Saroj Kumar Mishra.