Baliguda: A woman and her eight-year-old son died of snakebite in Baliguda area of Kandhamal district Tuesday morning.
The deceased have been identified as Rajalaxmi Mallick and her son Aditya Pradhan.
According to locals, a venomous snake bit the woman and her son while they were asleep inside their house around midnight.
The duo was rushed to K. Nuagaon community health centre (CHC) where the minor died while undergoing treatment. Later, the woman was shifted to the district headquarters hospital (DHH) in Phulbani after her condition deteriorated. However, she also died while undergoing treatment.
“Both were asleep when the mishap took place. I stay at a different place and returned home this morning. I hospitalised them and the two were later declared dead at different hospitals,” father of the deceased woman said.
On being informed, police reached the spot. A case of unnatural death has been registered and the bodies were sent for postmortem.
Notably, seven persons had died due to snakebite at several places in the state Monday.
PNN
