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Post-Mortem Confirms Snakebite in Kerala Boy’s Death as Second Snake Found in Home

Police have opened an unnatural-death case under the BNSS.

Overview

  • An autopsy found that eight-year-old Aljo died from a snakebite, according to IANS.
  • Hours after his body was brought home, another snake was seen inside the family’s house and removed, local reports said.
  • His 10-year-old brother, Anosh, remains in critical care at a private hospital after showing similar symptoms.
  • Hospital staff first suspected food poisoning, then urged a house check where a snake residents called a common krait was caught.
  • Police registered an unnatural-death case under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and began an investigation.