Hyderabad: 13-year-old boy dies of snake bite

HYDERABAD: A 13-year-old boy, a class 8 student of

BC Welfare Residential Hostel

at Bogaram village in

Keesara

, died due to a suspected

snake bite

on Sunday.

Keesara police said that the incident happened around 7pm while the boy,

G Shiva Shankar

, was playing in the ground. He complained of being bitten by something and later when his condition deteriorated the hostel authorities shifted him to hospital. Shiva died around 9pm while undergoing treatment. The authorities informed the boy’s parents, who are residents of Vikarabad district. Later, they staged a protest accusing hostel authorities of negligence.