Archive · 26 Aug 2026
Two Women Sharing a Name Die After Snakebites in Bengal
Two people named Dipika Majhi died in separate suspected snakebite incidents in Bengal.
One was a seven-year-old girl in Sardanga village.
The other was a 32-year-old woman in Kanpur village.
Both incidents happened while the victims were sleeping.
Health officials think banded kraits may have been involved.
The woman became sick and began vomiting in the morning.
A different child was bitten by a snake at a Kolkata school.
That child was taken quickly to hospital and received treatment.
Doctors confirmed that the Kolkata child had a snakebite and tested the child’s blood for venom.
A seven-year-old student named Dipika Majhi died after a suspected snakebite in Purba Bardhaman.
A 32-year-old woman, also named Dipika Majhi, died after becoming ill following a suspected snakebite.
Health officials suspect banded kraits may have bitten both women while they were asleep.
The child was taken to Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, where she died late Tuesday evening.
A separate Class I student in south Kolkata was bitten at school and treated at SSKM Hospital.
- Who
- A seven-year-old girl and a 32-year-old woman, both named Dipika Majhi, died after suspected snakebites; a separate Class I student was bitten in Kolkata.
- What
- Two women died after suspected snakebites, while a schoolchild survived a separately reported snakebite after receiving hospital treatment.
- When
- The girl was bitten late Monday night and died late Tuesday evening; the woman became ill after midnight Tuesday and died shortly afterward. The Kolkata incident occurred on Monday during tiffin break.
- Where
- The deaths occurred in Sardanga and Kanpur villages in Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal; the separate bite occurred at Bhawanipur Mitra Institution in south Kolkata.
- Why
- Health officials suspect the two deaths were caused by banded-krait bites, although the article describes the cause as suspected.
- Deaths
- Two women sharing the name Dipika Majhi died after suspected snakebites.
- Victim one
- Dipika Majhi, 7, a Class II student from Sardanga village.
- Victim two
- Dipika Majhi, 32, a resident of Kanpur village.
- Suspected snake
- Health officials suspected banded kraits.
- Child’s hospital
- The seven-year-old was referred to Burdwan Medical College and Hospital.
- Separate incident
- A Class I student was bitten at a south Kolkata school and taken to SSKM Hospital within 15 to 20 minutes.
- Treatment
- The Kolkata child was admitted to the paediatric department, given medication, and tested for venom in the blood.