UP student (19) ‘bitten by snake’ 6 times in 6 weeks; family baffled
20.09.2026
Muzaffarnagar: For a 19-year-old BSc student from Hathras district, repeated encounters with snakes have turned the past month and a half into a terrifying ordeal. In a bizarre sequence of events, the young woman is said to have allegedly been bitten by snakes six times in six weeks, with each incident leaving her family baffled and deeply worried, reports Mohammad Dilshad.
The latest incident occurred Friday night, when a snake allegedly struck again, this time inside the bathroom of her home in Hathtas. Anita reported spotting a snake moments after she was bitten and was rushed to Bagla Combined District Hospital, where she is undergoing treatment.
The incidents have left her family anxious. Her father, Narender Kumar Gautam, a driver, told TOI that Anita had been bitten thrice by a black snake and by a red one the other three times. “We are worried because this has happened six times in six weeks. She is unwell and undergoing treatment at the hospital,” he said.
Local beliefs have only added to the family’s distress. The family said they had been asked whether Anita had ever killed or harmed a snake, based on a belief that snakes return to take revenge. Some people even claimed the incidents may have been linked to something in the woman’s past life. The family denied these claims, dismissing the theories as superstition. Chief medical superintendent at Bagla Combined District Hospital, Dr Surya Prakash said, “It could possibly be a rat bite,” he said.
