Dr Liladhar Mhaske of Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation said that Balaji Shinde, aged around 15, resident of Manpada in Dombivali, was brought to the government hospital in Dombivali last night in a serious condition.
According to Dr Mhaske, the civic hospital had adequate supply of anti-venom medicines, but the boy was brought there very late, as the parents first went to a village quack.
Doctors tried their best but they could not save him, he stated.