JAJPUR: In an apparent revenge attack, a 45-year-old tribal man of a remote village under Danagadi block in Jajpur district reportedly chewed a snake to death after the latter bit him on Wednesday evening. The man was identified as Kishore Badra, a resident of Gambharipatia village under Salijanga panchayat. The incident took place when Badra was returning home on foot from his paddy field.
As per reports, Badra wrapped up his work in the field and was on way back home at around 6.30 pm when a snake bit him. Badra managed to capture the reptile and bit it to death.“Something bit my leg and since it was dark, I switched on my torch. I found it to be a krait, a poisonous snake. I picked up the snake and chewed on it until it died,” said Badra. Following the incident, he came to the village with the dead snake around his neck.
After informing his wife about the incident, Badra roamed in the village at night exhibiting the dead snake to others. Some onlookers advised him to visit the nearby hospital, but Badra refused. He later went to a traditional healer to seek advice the same night.
After returning from sorcerer’s house, he went to sleep. Sources said Badra was doing fine on Thursday.
Bragging about his act, Badra said, “Though I was bitten by the poisonous krait, I did not feel any discomfort. I went to a traditional healer residing near the village and got myself cured.”
Odisha man bites snake in revenge in Jajpur district
As per reports, Badra wrapped up his work in the field and was on way back home at around 6.30 pm when a snake bit him.
This is not the first time a snake has been bit in India. It is not even the second. In Gujarat, a 60-year-old man died from a snake bite in Gujarat’s Mahisagar district but not before he bit back and killed the reptile too, in July 2019. The incident happened on Saturday afternoon in Ajanwa village in Santrampur tehsil, said the head of the village, over 120 kilometres from Gujarat’s Vadodara.
“Parvat Gala Baria was standing near a spot where maize was being loaded from a field onto a truck. A snake slithered out and while others there ran away, he continued to stand claiming he had caught snakes earlier," the village head said.
“He grabbed the snake which retaliated by biting him on the hands and face. However, Parvat bit back and killed the snake too," he said.
In a seperate incident, a man in Uttar Pradesh cut up a snake in pieces after it bit him - using his teeth. Raj Kumar, a resident of Etah, was sent to the hospital after he bit a snake to pieces in an inebriated state.
“My son was drunk," Kumar’s father Babu Ram said. “A snake entered our home and bit him. He later bit the snake into pieces".
Poisonous Snake Bites Odisha Man, He Bites Back, Kills Snake
Some onlookers advised Badra to visit a nearby hospital, but he refused to go to the hospital and instead went to a traditional healer to seek advice on the same night.
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