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Two die from snakebites

Our Correspondent, Gaibandha
Two housewives died from snakebites at different places in Sadullapur upazila yesterday. Jyotsna Rani, 35, wife of Khoka Chandra Das of village Baro Daudpur in the upazila was bitten by a poisonous snake when she opened an old and long unused leather suitcase. She died on the spot. In second incident, housewife Marzina Begum, 42, of village Joyenpur, while coming from her parents' house at noon, was bitten by a poisonous snake at a paddy field. She fell unconscious and later died while being taken to Rangpur Medical College Hospital.