Bhatkal: Snake attacks two men on bike; one critical

Bhatkal 25 August 2018: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Two bikers who were riding home from Jali beach, were attacked by a poisonous snake injuring the pillion rider who has now been shifted to a private hospital in Udupi where he is said to be in a critical state. The incident took place on Friday 24  August, when Noushad and Firoz Ahmed Mukhtesar were riding back home, from Jali beach. The duo went off the road on their bike to avoid rain water when the Indian cobra jumped on the bike from the grass and tried to bite the rider Noushad, panicked Noushad kicked the reptile off him which ultimately landed on the lap of pillion rider Firoz Ahmed Mukhtesar and bite him. Firoz, a resident of Maghdoom colony Bhatkal, was soon rushed to the Taluka government hospital Bhatkal and was later shifted to a hospital in Udupi where he is said to be in a critical state and has been kept under observation in ICU ward. (Bhatkallys News Bureau)