Kanpur: A 35-year-old man died after a snake bit him at a puncture shop in Siktiya village in Sarsaul block of Kanpur on Sunday afternoon, while his family spent about 10 hours taking him to hospitals and faith healers in Kanpur and Fatehpur in the hope of reviving him.Shakeel Ahmad, son of Habib and a Siktiya resident, was lying in Akhtar’s puncture shop near Purvameer petrol pump around noon when a snake bit him on the head, according to his family.People who heard his screams took him to Sarsaul CHC. Doctors referred him to Lala Lajpat Rai hospital because of his critical condition, but he was declared dead there.His family continued seeking examinations at several private hospitals despite doctors’ advice, before travelling between Kanpur and Fatehpur in search of sorcerers until 10 pm.Shakeel was unmarried, the third of five brothers, and worked in property dealing. His parents had died earlier.
