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HSC examinee dies of snakebite in Magura
Greenwatch Desk
Nation
2025-07-28, 12:11pm
An HSC examinee died after being bitten by a snake at Shreekantapur village in Magura Sadar upazila on Sunday night.
The deceased was identified as Shaon Shikder, a resident of the village.
According to locals, Shaon was playing games on his mobile phone near his house.
As a power outage plunged the area into darkness he was returning home when he was bitten by a snake.
After the bite, his family first took him to two local traditional healers for treatment.
As his condition deteriorated he was taken to a hospital around 11pm but doctors declared him dead upon arrival, reports UNB.
Magura Sadar than Officer-in-Charge Ayub Ali said an unnatural death case was filed.