India News | Women, Grandson Die of Snakebites in UP's Ballia

Ballia (UP), Jul 20 (PTI) A 65-year-old woman and her grandson died due to snakebites in Shukl Chapra village of Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district, officials said on Sunday.

According to officials, Phool Patti Devi and her grandson Kanha (6) were sleeping on the same cot after dinner when In the early hours of Sunday, both were bitten by a snake.

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The family members rushed them to the district hospital, where they died during treatment, the officials said.

Chief Medical Superintendent of Ballia District Hospital Dr Sujeet Kumar Yadav said the police were informed by the health department and have taken both bodies into custody for post-mortem.

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