Snake bites Uttar Pradesh rickshaw driver; he reaches hospital with reptile in pocket

The e-rickshaw driver, Deepak, shows the snake that bit him. Pic/Screengrab from X

In a bizzare incident in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, a 39-year-old e-rickshaw driver walked into the district hospital with a 1.5-foot-long snake in his pocket, which had allegedly bitten him, news agency PTI reported. A video of the incident has also surfaced on social media.

The rickshaw driver visited the hospital for an antivenom injection on Monday. In a video, when he was asked about the snake that had bitten him, he pulled the reptile from his jacket's pocket and put it back again.

Deepak said that he had been waiting at the hospital for around 30 minutes but there are no facilities in the medical facility.

Speaking about the incident, Chief Medical Superintendent Neeraj Agrawal said, "The patient was told to leave the reptile outside, as it was putting the lives of other patients in danger."

Agrawal further stated, "The police were called later, who rescued the serpent. However, it is suspected that the snake belonged to Deepak."

SC says, 'Will ask states to pay heavy compensation for dog-bite incidents'

In a different scenario, the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday said it will ask states to pay a "heavy compensation" for dog-bite incidents as it flagged its concern over the lack of implementation of norms on stray animals for the past five years.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta, and NV Anjaria said that even dog lovers and feeders will be held 'responsible' and 'accountable' for dog-bite incidents.

"For every dog bite, death or injury caused to children or elderly, we are going to ask the state governments to pay heavy compensation, as they did not do anything on implementation of norms in the past five years. Also, responsibility and accountability will be fixed on those who are feeding these stray dogs. If you love these animals so much, then why don't you take them to your house. Why should these dogs loiter around, bite and scare people?" Justice Nath said.

Justice Mehta concurred with the views of Justice Nath and said, ¿Who should be held accountable when dogs attack a 9-year-old? The organisation that is feeding them? You want us to shut our eyes to the problem."

The top court was hearing several petitions seeking modification of its November 7, 2025 order directing the authorities to remove these stray animals from the institutional areas and roads.

(With inputs from PTI)