Indore: Man who was catching snakes for nearly 40 years bitten, dies

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): In a shocking incident, a man—who was known as an expert in catching snakes—died after a snake bite while catching a serpent in a house in the Banganga area. After the snake bite, he removed some poison from his body on his own and reached home, after which his condition deteriorated and he was rushed to hospital. The police are waiting for the autopsy report and are investigating the case.

The incident took place in the Saisuman Nagar area under Banganga police station jurisdiction on Friday evening. The deceased was identified as Ashok Mewada 57, a resident of the Bhagat Singh Nagar area of the city. His younger son, Jitendra, told Free Press that his father was an expert in catching snakes and people used to call him ‘Kaka’. He had been catching snakes in the area for more than 40 years.

On Friday, he received a call from a person that a snake had entered his home at Saisuman Nagar. After that, Mewada reached there and was trying to catch the snake when it bit him and he fell on the floor. However, he got up and reached home after dropping the snake off in an isolated place. Jitendra was at his job at the time of the incident. When he spoke to his father over the phone, hid dad informed him that he was feeling alright. But, after reaching home, his condition deteriorated and he was rushed to hospital, where he died during treatment on Friday night.

As he was an expert, people used to call him even in the middle of the night to catch snakes and he did not refuse any request. According to Jitendra, his father had never killed any snake. He used to release them in isolated places or in the jungles after rescuing them. Also, Mewada had taken out the poison from many people after a snake bite.

The Banganga police handed over the body to the family after the autopsy on Saturday and started an investigation in the case.