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Mangaluru Father Investigated Over Infant’s Death From Swallowed Beedi

Police are assessing whether to file criminal negligence charges following a complaint by the mother over her husband’s careless disposal of a beedi.

In her complaint to the Mangaluru Rural Police, the mother said she had repeatedly warned her husband.
10-month-old dies after swallowing beedi in Mangaluru, police probe father‘s negligence
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Overview

  • On June 14 at about 1:30 pm in Adyar, Mangaluru, 10-month-old Anish Kumar ingested a discarded beedi thrown by his father.
  • The child was taken to Wenlock Hospital by 3:30 pm but died at 10:25 am the next day despite intensive medical intervention.
  • The mother filed a complaint with Mangaluru rural police accusing her husband of negligence in their son’s death.
  • She stated she had repeatedly warned him not to discard beedi pieces where their child could reach them.
  • The couple hail from Bihar and the father works as a decorator for wedding events in Mangaluru.