VADODARA: In a strange incident, a man in Mahisagar district’s Ajanwa village not only bit a snake back, but also tried to eat it after the reptile bit him first, on Saturday! The man, who was rushed to Godhra, however, died from the

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Parvat Gala Baria (70) was working in his farm when a snake bit him. The farmer literally

on the reptile for its act, and blind with rage picked it and put it in his mouth.

Baria’s daughter-in-law Leela Baria told media persons that she heard about it from a relative who was witness to Baria’s act. “The relative took the snake and burnt it, but brought the remains along with my father-in-law to the hospital,” she said.

The victim was first rushed to the government hospital at Lunawada, but sent to a private hospital and from there to Godhra civil hospital, where he died after four hours of shunting around hospitals.