Overview
- Kaushambi’s chief medical officer confirmed treatments for suspected bites on July 22 and August 13 and ordered cleaning and spraying around the family’s mud-walled home.
- The treating doctor reported no typical puncture marks or venom symptoms and said the girl was given medicines and is currently stable.
- The girl and her family insist the same black snake has attacked repeatedly, but no other villager has seen it, though an aunt claims one sighting.
- The family says they have spent more than Rs 4 lakh on medical care and rituals, moved younger siblings to relatives, and sought help from snake-catchers and an occult practitioner.
- Health experts have suggested a possible psychological component, citing regional precedents where repeated-bite claims were later attributed to snake phobia.