UP woman dies after she sits on snakes, gets bitten
Gorakhpur (UP), Sep 12: A 30-year-old woman died of a snake bite after she sat on a pair of snakes, which were on her bed, while speaking on phone, police said on Thursday.
The incident took place on Saturday when Gita Yadav of Reyaon village in Gagha area was talking to her husband, who works in Thailand, on the cell phone, they said.
A pair of snakes were mating on the bed, which had a printed bedsheet, but she did not notice them and sat down, family members said.
She was bitten by them and was rushed to a private hospital where she died during treatment, Gita's father-in-law, Jai Prakash Yadav, said.
"The patient was brought in my clinic for treatment but due to her condition I referred her to Mau district hospital after first aid," Dr Santosh Singh told.
"In the last one month more than five dozen cases of snake bite have come to me and such patients can be saved if proper treatment is administered to them in time," the doctor added.
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
