Maharashtra: Four-year-old dies after swallowing ten rupee coin

The mother who gave her the Rs. 10 coin had asked her to buy something from a nearby shop

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Nashik : A four-year-old girl died after accidentally swallowing a ten rupee coin in Chandgiri locality in the city today morning, police said. Shalini Handge (4), the girl, demanded something to eat; her mother gave her a ten ruppe coin and asked her to buy something from a nearby shop, said P R Dhokane, in-charge, Nashik Road police station. ALSO READ:'If he had told me, I would have married him to girl of his choice,' says father of Ankit Saxena The girl, while playing with the coin, swallowed it accidentally, he said. Her parents first rushed her to a local hospital and then to a super-speciality hospital, but she died during treatment, the officer said. Police have registered a case of accidental death.