Overview

• The victim was identified as Manju Prakash, 41, a TCS software engineer living in Ranganatha Layout near Bannerghatta in Bengaluru.
• He returned home around 12:30–12:45 pm, left his Crocs outside, went to sleep, and was found unresponsive about an hour later with foam at the mouth and a bleeding toe.
• Doctors at a private hospital declared him brought dead and cited snakebite as the likely cause based on initial assessment.
• Family members and police reported finding a small Russell’s viper inside the footwear, though definitive forensic confirmation is awaited.
• Relatives and investigators noted Prakash had lost sensation in his leg after a 2016 accident, which likely kept him from noticing the bite quickly.