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Woman, 2 kids die of snakebite; med delay due to rituals
Bhopal: A woman and her two children from MP's Shivpuri district died of snakebite in Baran district of Rajasthan on Tuesday after their family allegedly delayed medical treatment and sought help from exorcists.
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The victims — Pinky 30, her son Prince 7, and daughter Neha 5 — were bitten by a common krait snake while sleeping at Pinky's maternal home, where they had arrived a day earlier to celebrate Rakhi. The family is originally from Akoda village in Shivpuri.
The incident occurred around 5am while the family was asleep. The snake — a common krait, was found in the same room and killed with a stick. Despite visible symptoms of envenomation, the family took the victims to a traditional healer in Sirsaud village.
Locals said around five hours were lost in rituals before the victims were finally brought to the Kelwara Community Health Center, where doctors declared all three brought dead.
Even after this, the family refused to accept the diagnosis.
The bodies were taken from Rajasthan to Rijoda village in Kolaras (Shivpuri) for further ritual treatment. From there, they were taken to Warai village, and later to the Community Health Center in Badarwas, where doctors again confirmed their deaths. However, the family took the bodies again — this time to an exorcist in Morkhera village of Guna district, continuing ritual practices, sources informed.
