Two siblings died reportedly due to snakebite in their shanty here.
The police are treating the deaths as suspicious and have sent the bodies for post mortem examination. The police received information on Tuesday about two children lying dead in a hut in the Saptrishi area. Rinku, the father of two and half year old Shivam and three month old Munni told the police that his children had been bitten by a snake. He said that while sleeping on Monday midnight, he heard his children cry out. When he got up, he saw a black snake going out of the hut.
He took the children to the district hospital where they were declared dead. According to the police, the case is suspicious and the father of the children is being questioned. With the bodies having been sent for post mortem, the exact cause of death will be known after the report is received.
