A 22-year-old man died after a venomous snake bit him in Chhattisgarh‘s Korba district, following which locals burnt the reptile alive on his funeral pyre.
After the incident on Sunday, some locals said they feared the snake might harm someone else also, hence they burnt it on the pyre. A district official said there was a need to educate people about these reptiles and snakebite management. A video showing some persons dragging the reptile using a rope has surfaced on social media.
A common krait bit the man, identified as Digeshwar Rathiya, on Saturday night when he was arranging his bed in a room at his house in Baigamar village, an official here said.