Snake bites brother, relative who attended funeral of another brother who killed by snakebite

Balrampur(UP): A man who had come to attend the last rites of his brother who died of snakebite was killed after being bitten by a snake in his sleep, police said on Thursday.

G Mishara (22) attended the last rites of his brother A Mishra (38) held in Bhawanipur village on Wednesday, Circle Officer Radha Raman Singh told media. The brother died of snakebite on Tuesday.

“G Mishara was killed after being bitten by a snake in his sleep. One of the relatives of the family, Chandrashekar Pandey (22), who was in the same house, was also



bitten by a snake,” Singh said.

“Pandey was rushed to a hospital, where his condition remains critical,” the official added.

Both G Mishara and Pandey had come to the village from Ludhiana to attend the last rites of A Mishra, the police said.

Senior medical and administrative officials visited the village on Thursday. Local MLA Kailash Nath Shukla met with the grieving family and assured them of help.

Shukla asked local officials to take measures to prevent such incidents in the future.