Keonjhar: In a tragic incident, three students, including two girls, died after being bitten by a poisonous snake at a coaching centre in Baria area of Odisha’s Keonjhar district.
According to sources, four students of the residential coaching centre were bitten by a snake at Nischintapur village under the jurisdiction of Baria police station on Friday night. The incident happened when the students, all minors, were sleeping.
All the four students were rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) in Keonjhar, where three of the students were declared dead.
Another student, who was in a critical condition, has been shifted the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack for better treatment.
The deceased were identified as Raja Nayak (12), Shehashree Nayak (10) and Elina Nayak (7), while Akash Nayak (12) is undergoing treatment at Cuttack, the sources added.
