India: 'Too much of a good thing can be deadly': 25-year-old man dies after eating 150 momos during challenge
Man dies after eating 150 momos
Food challenges are fun and people have now introduced so many of them on social media.But one needs to be careful. A 'fun game' for a group of friendsturned fatal when one of them died during a"momo-eating challenge." In India's Bihar, a 25-year-old man named Bipin Kumar Paswan passed away after consuming an excessive amount of momos.
As per media reports, Bipin ate 150 momos to win a bet worth Rs 1,000. The incident happened in the Siwan district of Bihar, where the deceasedagreed to the bet with friends on eating the most momos.
Moments later when Bipin fainted, his friends initially thought he wasacting sick to trick them, but they soon realsised that it was no joke, whenhe was unresponsive and took him to private hospitals where he was pronounced dead.
Father blames friends, says its a murder
Bipin used to work at a mobile repair shop andwent to the shop as usual and met his friends later in the day. The group later decided to challenge on eatingthe maximum number of momos. Bipin also joined the challenge.
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However, on the other hand, his father accused Bipin's friends of allegedly murdering him. He said that they deliberately proposed a momo-eating challenge and poisoned his son in the act.
Authorities are investigating the death and a medical report is awaited.
A similar instance occurred in June 2022, when a 50-year-old man choked on momos and passed away.
(With inputs from agencies)
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