Two brothers die of snake bite in Thane

Two brothers from powerloom town of Bhiwandi died of snake bite here, police said today.

The incident took place on Sunday night when both Lallan Gaya Sav (26) and Sunil Gaya Sav (22) were deep asleep in their house in Shashtri Compound of Khoni Gaon, Sr PI S D Langhe of Nizampura in Bhiwandi told PTI.

Following the incident, the duo were rushed to the local hospital from where they were shifted to IGM government hospital, where they died during treatment, police said.

The bodies were sent to postmortem and were later taken to their home town Jalalpur in Aurangabad district of Bihar, police added.