Man held for killing wife,2-year-old daughter by releasing snake into room

The accused had allegedly procured a snake from a snake charmer, misleading him by saying that he would use the reptile for religious purposes, a police officer said on Thursday.

PTI, Berhampur, November 24, 2023 : A 25-year-old man, K Ganesh Patra, has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife and two-year-old daughter by releasing a venomous snake into their room in Odisha's Ganjam district.

On October 6, he brought a cobra in a plastic jar and released the snake into the room where his wife and daughter slept. Both were found dead with snake bites the next morning.

Police said the incident took place at Adegaon village in Kabisuria Nagar district, about 60 km from here. Police said that after identifying the accused. Ganesha is in the form of Patra. Patra’s wife K. There was a dispute with Basanti Patra (23).

Police said they married in 2020 and had a two-year-old daughter. The accused had allegedly purchased the snake from a snake charmer and was misled that he would use the snake for religious purposes, a police officer said on Thursday. The officer said that on October 6 last month, he brought a cobra in a plastic jar and left it in the room where his wife and daughter were sleeping.

According to him, the next morning both were found dead due to snake bites, while the accused Patra was sleeping in another room. Ganjam District Superintendent of Police Jagmohan Meena said the police had initially registered a case of unnatural death, but the accused was interrogated after the youth’s father-in-law filed an FIR against him.

According to the police superintendent, “the accused was arrested a month after the incident, because there was some delay in collecting the evidence against him.” When questioned, he initially denied the allegations and said that the snake might have entered the room on its own. Although he pleaded guilty. The investigation is ongoing.”