A 35-year-old man, Anand Yadav, in Chhattisgarh died of suffocation after allegedly swallowing a live chicken chick. The villagers suspected it to be an act driven by occult practices to fulfil his wish to become a father. The case left doctors stunned when they found the chick still alive inside the victim’s body during post-mortem. He was brought to hospital after collapsing at home.