Phulabani, Two youths died after being by poisonous snakes in two separate incidents in Kandhamal district.The victims have been identified as Manas Hans (25), a resident of Khalibeni village under Khajuripada police limits and Nima Bindhani (35) from G. Udayagiri block under Gochhapada police station.According to reports, Hans was bitten by a snake while asleep at home and was rushed to District Headquarters Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.Similarly, Bindhani was bitten by a snake at her home and was rushed to G. Udayagiri hospital and later referred to a Hospital in Phulbani, where she was declared dead.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF MINOR GIRL:Phulabani:A 10-year-old girl was found dead under mysterious circumstances at Peonapada under Phulbani Town police station in Kandhamal district.Sources said,the girl’s body was found hanging in her own house. The girl’s parents were not at home when the incident occurred. When they returned, they found their daughter hanging and immediately took her to the District Headquarters Hospital, where she was declared dead.The incident took place when the girl was alone at home with her cousin brother, also a minor. As per reports, the couple, who resided in Peon Pada in Phulbani town, had gone out in the evening. To their horror, they came back to see the minor daughter’s hanging at the entrance of the house. While the exact cause of death is not ascertained yet, it is being alleged she was murdered by the cousin.”I went out with my wife and elder daughter at around 5 pm. I dropped my wife at the sewing centre and my daughter at her tuition class. My younger daughter and my nephew were at home. When we returned home around 7.30 pm, my younger daughter’s body was hanging from the main door latch. She was too young to take her own life. I suspect she was murdered,” the minor’s father told mediapersons.On being informed, police reached the spot and recovered the body which was then sent to the district headquarters hospital for postmortem. Doctors declared the girl dead on arrival.Official sources said a case has been registered and the exact cause of death will be established after autopsy. Police have initiated investigation and are probing the turn of events that could have led to the mysterious death, they informed.
