A 12-year-old boy died after he was bit by a snake in Shahdara’s Geeta Colony area. The incident occurred on Friday.
According to a senior police official, the boy has been identified as Deepak Kumar who was a resident of Safeda Jhuggi in the area.
“The incident took place on Friday night when Deepak was sleeping at his house. He was taken to the Hedgewar hospital by his parents,” said the police official.
“The hospital called us and informed about the incident at around 6.30 am on Saturday morning. A post-mortem was conducted at Sabzi Mandi mortuary and body was handed over to family,” said the police official.