Bengaluru software engineer dies after being bitten by snake coiled in his Crocs
The man's relatives found him lying on the bed with foam in his mouth and leg bleeding. They immediately shifted him to a private hospital where doctors declared him dead.
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On noticing a dead snake next to the pair of Crocs, family members rushed to Prakash’s room, suspecting that the reptile could have been inside Prakash’s footwear. (Representational image/File)A 41-year-old software engineer died of snake bite in Bengaluru’s Bannerghatta on Saturday. The snake was coiled up in his shoes. The deceased, identified as Manju Prakash, an employee of TCS and a resident of Ranganatha Layout.
His relatives said he might not have felt the pain of the snake bite because of the numbness in his leg due to a previous accident.
The incident took place after Prakash returned home from a sugarcane shop wearing his Crocs around 12.45 pm. He then went to his room, leaving the pair of sandals outside.
On noticing a dead snake next to the pair of Crocs, family members rushed to Prakash’s room, suspecting that the reptile could have been inside Prakash’s footwear.
They found him lying on the bed with foam coming from his mouth and a bleeding leg, and immediately shifted him to a private hospital where doctors declared him dead.
“On returning home, Prakash went to his room and slept. After nearly an hour, a labourer who visited our house noticed a snake just outside the pair of Crocs. Upon checking, it was found that the snake was dead,” the victim’s brother said.
Prakash who had met with a bus accident in 2016, had undergone leg surgery. After the incident, he had lost sensation in his leg. The snake has reportedly died of suffocation inside the Crocs, said a family member.
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