Archive · 8 Oct 2026
SRPF Jawan Dies After Venomous Snakebite at Gadchiroli Camp
Rahul Shingare was a 37-year-old police force member working in Gadchiroli.
On Tuesday morning, he went to bathe at a camp water tank.
A venomous snake bit his hand.
Other jawans and officers took him to a hospital in Chamorshi.
He was later moved to a larger hospital in Gadchiroli.
Doctors tried to treat him, but he died at about 2:30 p.m.
The camp was in the Regadi area.
Shingare was serving there for anti-Naxal operations.
Rahul Shingare, 37, was a State Reserve Police Force jawan deployed in Gadchiroli for anti-Naxal operations.
Police said he was bitten by a venomous snake at a camp in the Regadi area on Tuesday.
The bite occurred around 7 a.m. when Shingare went to bathe at the camp’s water tank.
He was taken first to Chamorshi Rural Hospital and then to the District General Hospital in Gadchiroli.
Shingare died at about 2:30 p.m. while receiving treatment, police said.
- Who
- Rahul Shingare, a 37-year-old State Reserve Police Force jawan.
- What
- He died after a venomous snake bit his hand.
- When
- The incident happened on Tuesday; he died at about 2:30 p.m. The report was dated October 7.
- Where
- At a camp in the Regadi area of Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra.
- Why
- The report says he was bitten while going to bathe at the camp’s water tank.
- Deceased
- Rahul Shingare
- Age
- 37
- Force
- State Reserve Police Force (SRPF), Group No. 6, based in Dhule district
- Duty
- Deployed in Gadchiroli for anti-Naxal operations
- Incident location
- A camp in the Regadi area, under Regadi police station jurisdiction in Chamorshi taluka
- Snakebite time
- Around 7 a.m.
- Death
- At about 2:30 p.m. during treatment at the District General Hospital in Gadchiroli