Twenty-eight year-old Namita Kshetrapal, another housewife from Debipur in Memari Police Station area also was bitten by a venomous snake on her right leg at around 11.00 p.m.
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Three persons fell victim to snakebite in different parts of Burdwan (East) since yesterday evening. All three were bitten by venomous snakes while asleep.
Fifty-six year old housewife Jayanti Das of Udgara village in Raina Police Station area was bitten by a krait while she was asleep last night. Her husband, Chayan Das, a grocer by profession, said: “My wife woke up with a scream and a krait was seen on her bed.” The family immediately rushed her to the Burdwan Medical College and Hospital where she succumbed in the morning today.
Twenty-eight year-old Namita Kshetrapal, another housewife from Debipur in Memari Police Station area also was bitten by a venomous snake on her right leg at around 11.00 p.m. minutes after she went to bed. She also was taken to the BMCH where she died within a couple of hours, the hospital sources said.
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Subhas Soren (36) – a rice mill labourer from Ausa locality in Dewandighi Police Station area near Burdwan town was bitten by a snake while he was sleeping under a tree beside the mill last night after his duty ended. He also died shortly after being rushed to the hospital.
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