A two-year-old girl, Sadiya Khatun, and a 40-year-old lawyer’s assistant, Hasibul Hasan Joni, have died due to snakebites in Jhinaidah. Sadiya was the daughter of Khondakar Suruj Miya from Suti Durgapur village in Sadar upazila, while Hasibul was the son of the late Yusuf Ali from Mollakoya village in Rakhal Gachi Union, Kaliganj upazila.According to family members, the incident involving Sadiya occurred around 3 AM on Tuesday. The child was sleeping under a mosquito net with her parents when her mother felt something cold touch her foot and alerted Suruj Miya. Upon lighting a torch, they discovered a snake inside the net. Family members attempted to kill the snake, but it escaped into a gap near a refrigerator. When Sadiya began feeling unwell, she was first taken to a local mosque’s cleric, who claimed there was no venom. As her condition worsened, she was taken to a local practitioner, Neyamul, in Talsar village. After a nebulizer treatment failed to improve her condition, he advised taking her to a hospital. The family then consulted a local snake charmer, Bahar Ali, who also recommended hospital treatment. Sadiya was rushed to Kotchandpur Upazila Health Complex, where she was declared dead by the attending doctor around 6 AM.
Dr. Golam Mahbub of Kotchandpur Upazila Health Complex stated, “The child, Sadiya, was brought to the hospital around 5:45 AM. She was already deceased upon arrival.”
In a separate incident, Hasibul Hasan Joni was bitten by a snake late at night. His family initially took him to a local snake charmer. He was later admitted to Kaliganj Health Complex, where doctors administered antivenom. However, his condition deteriorated, and he was referred to Jessore Hospital. Hasibul passed away around 7 AM while being transported to Jessore.
The snakebite incident involving Sadiya has been confirmed by Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abdullah Al Mamun. The death of Hasibul Hasan Joni was confirmed by Kaliganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Safikul Islam.
