Man dies of snakebite in Jammu
Aman Zutshi

Jammu: A 60-year-old man died after being bitten by a poisonous snake in Katlia village of Samba district in Jammu last evening.

The report said that the victim was working in  his fields in Samba’s border village Katlia when a venomous snake came and bit him there, after which he became unconscious.

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After the incident when a ruckus broke out at the spot of incident the family members of the victim rushed him to  District Hospital  Samba, where he was pronounced dead on arrival by the doctors there.

The elderly deceased man has been identified Lekh Raj,60, resident of Shiv Ram Katlia of Samba ,Jammu.

The body of the victim was sent for the autopsy which will be handed over to his family after medico-legal formalities for cremation.