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Manju Prakash, a TCS software engineer from Ranganatha Layout, Bengaluru, died after a snake hidden in his Crocs bit him. The snake was later found dead beside his footwear.
Due to their slow metabolism, cold-blooded snakes can still deliver reflexive bites up to six hours after death if their head or neck is touched. (News18)
In a shocking incident, a 41-year-old software engineer died of a snake bite in Bengaluru’s Bannerghatta on Saturday that was coiled up in his shoes. The deceased, identified as Manju Prakash, was an employee of TCS and a resident of Ranganatha Layout.
The incident took place after Prakash returned home from a sugarcane shop wearing his Crocs around 12.45 pm. He then went to his room, leaving the pair of sandals outside.
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When family members spotted a dead snake beside a pair of Crocs, they rushed to Prakash’s room, suspecting the reptile might have been hiding in his footwear.
They found him lying on the bed with foam coming from his mouth and a bleeding leg, and immediately shifted him to a private hospital where doctors declared him dead, the Indian Express reported.
His relatives suggested that he may not have realised the pain from the snake bite because his leg was already numb from an earlier accident.
“On returning home, Prakash went to his room and slept. After nearly an hour, a labourer who visited our house noticed a snake just outside the pair of Crocs. Upon checking, it was found that the snake was dead,” the victim’s brother said.
Prakash, who was injured in a bus accident in 2016, had undergone leg surgery and lost sensation in his leg afterwards. A family member said the snake likely died of suffocation inside the Crocs.
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