2 girls die from snakebites in Jessore

block
UNB, Benapole :
Two schoolgirls died from snakebites in separate incidents in Manirampur upazila of Jessore district early Wednesday.
Locals said a venomous snake bit Muslima Khatun,11, a class VII student of Sundalpur Mohila Dakhil Madrasa and daughter of Abdullah, a resident of Rajganj village of the upazila, at about 2:00am while she was asleep in her room, leaving her injured. Muslima was rushed to Manirampur Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared her dead.
In another incident, Piya Khatun,15, a class X student of Helanchi High School and daughter of Sirajul Islam, a resident of Helanchi village of the upazila, received injuries when a snake bit her at about 1:00am.
She succumbed to her injures on way to a local hospital.
block