In a heartbreaking incident in Uttara Kannada’s Joganakoppa village, 13-year-old Naveen Narayana Belgaumwakar died after a balloon became lodged in his throat. The Class VII student was blowing up a balloon when it slipped into his mouth and caused suffocation. Despite being rushed to the hospital, he passed away on the way. Doctors later removed the balloon, but it was too late.