A seven-month-old baby named Hossain died on Tuesday morning in Hariharpur village of Ashtamanisha Union under Bhangura upazila in Pabna after a lychee seed got stuck in his throat. According to police and local residents, the child was sitting in the yard where other children were eating lychees. He put a lychee seed in his mouth, which became lodged in his throat, causing him to lose consciousness. His father removed the seed by hand and rushed him to the upazila health complex, where doctors declared him dead.

Dr. Kaushik, the residential medical officer at the health complex, said the child was brought in dead and that the seed had blocked his airway, leading to suffocation. Officer-in-Charge Safiul Azam stated that an unnatural death case was filed at the police station. Following a request from the family, the body was handed over to relatives without an autopsy.

The incident has caused grief in the local community, highlighting the dangers of small objects for infants.