New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- A 41-year-old woman and her 13-year-old daughter died of reported snakebites, and an 18-year-old man, a son of the deceased woman, was injured in a reported attack by a venomous snake, earlier this week, when the family was sleeping at their home in Triveni Colony of Bakhtawarpur, police said on Saturday. According to the version of events shared by the police, the woman was the first to be bitten, around 4am, and she immediately raised the alarm, following which the family switched on the light to find a black snake. Police said they received an alert on Wednesday from Satyawadi Raja Harish Chandra (SRHC) Hospital, Narela, regarding the admission of three snakebite victims. An officer aware of the case, requesting anonymity, said, "Six members of the family, including the woman, her husband, their two sons, a daughter and a relative, were sleeping in the same room. Around 4 am, the woman got woken up and raised an alarm. There was a mark on her hand. The family members switched on the light and saw a black-skinned snake slither behind a pile of clothes." Police said the victim's family suspect no foul play and that they have initiated inquest proceedings under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). The victims were identified as Shafika Pravin, alias Sakina, the mother; Fayaz, the survivor, Aafiya, the 13-year-old victim. Police said that Aafiya was referred to Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, Rohini, but succumbed to her injuries within three hours of Sakina's death. While the police said they are treating the deaths as accidental ones, experts termed it a rare incident. The last reported fatal snakebite in Delhi was in August 2024, when a five-year-old died after being bitten by a snake while sleeping inside a shack on the campus of Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital....