Youth dies after swallowing fish

BHUBANESWAR - A 23-year-old man died in Orissa after accidentally swallowing a fish, police said Saturday.

Udhaba Munda, a resident of Tangarani village in Keonjhar district, some 250 km from here, went to the pond Friday to catch fish.

“He caught a fish and held it in his mouth, and went to catch another fish. However, the fish in an attempt to escape slipped into Munda’s throat and got trapped inside,” a police officer told IANS.

Villagers who were taking a bath in the same pond immediately took Munda to a local hospital. “But Munda died on his way to the hospital,” the police officer said.