In a tragic incident, a woman was killed by a snakebite, but not before saving the life of her son, in Jajpur district in Odisha, the police reported yesterday.
The deceased woman has been identified as Priyadarshini Rout from Deulabad village in Dasarathpur block of Jajpur district. The villagers said that Priyadarshini died after being bitten by a poisonous snake while saving her son on July 8 afternoon.
The incident happened when Priyadarshini was putting her two-and-a-half-year-old son to sleep at around 3 pm last Thursday. At that time, she spotted a cobra approaching his son. She immediately caught hold of the snake, but it bit her on her right hand.
Priyadarshini was rushed to the district hospital in Jajpur where the doctors declared her dead. Later, members of the local snake helpline rescued the cobra from the area.
Inspector-in-charge Manas Ranjan Chakra said an unnatural death case has been registered and the body has been handed over to the family after an autopsy yesterday morning.
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