'Sadhu' poses for reel with snake wrapped around his neck; gets bitten & dies

Unnao News: In the video which has gone viral now, Bajrangi could be seen posing with the snake by holding its mouth tight. He could also be seen wrapping it around his neck and sometimes bringing it near to his shoulder.
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Kanpur: Making reels (short videos) for Instagram turned fatal for a ‘sadhu’ who was trying to pose for reel makers by wrapping a poisonous snake around his neck. He reportedly died after being bitten by the reptile. The incident took place in the Auras area under the Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday.
The incident came to the light recently after the video footage of the incident went viral on social media platforms, as per the TOI report.
The man has been identified as Bajrangi Sadhu (55), a resident of Baniya Khera village in Kakori under Lucknow district. He has been living in Bhavna Khera village under the Aura area for the past few years and used to sell cosmetics items on the handcart for survival.
When Bajrangirealised that the snake had bitten him, he raised an alarm following which the locals rushed him to a nearby hospital. He was then referred to the Trauma Centre in Lucknow where he died while undergoing treatment.
On Friday afternoon, a deadly poisonous black snake was spotted in a puncture repair shop in the area owned by one Subedar. After finding the reptile in the shop, Subedar tried to kill the snake by hitting it with a stick, reported TOI.
Bajrangi, who reached the shop in the meantime, told Subedar that he would invite sin by killing the snake. Later, Bajrangi caught the snake and kept it in the box, and brought it out of the shop.
In the meantime, locals thronged Subedar’s shop after they learned about the serpent being trapped in his shop and were curious to see it.
Some of the curious onlookers who wanted to make a reel for Instagram asked Bajrangi to take out the snake from the box. Accordingly, he took the snake out of the box and started giving poses to them.
In the video which has gone viral now, Bajrangi could be seen posing with the snake by holding its mouth tight. He could also be seen wrapping it around his neck and sometimes bringing it near to his shoulder.
However, while he posing for the reel makers which were recording it on their mobile phones, the snake suddenly bit Bajrangi following which his condition worsened.
Upon receiving information about the incident, former district panchayat member Praveen, a resident of Gerua village, admitted him to the Trauma Centre in Lucknow. Bajrangi succumbed late on Friday night while undergoing treatment, reported TOI.
Praveen later brought Bajrangi’s body to the village and informed Bajrangi's family members. "We have apprised his family members and also local police of the incident," he said as quoted by TOI.
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