Saragur, July 26 -- In yet another such incident reported from across Mysuru district in recent months, a 70-year-old man died of snake bite at Kottegala in Saragur taluk.

K. Basavaraju (70), who ran a fair price shop at Kottegala is the deceased.

Basavaraju was engaged in farming activities at his agricultural land in the village on Thursday, when a venomous snake bit him. He was immediately rushed to Vivekananda Memorial Hospital at Saragur, from where he was shifted to a private Hospital in Mysuru for advanced treatment. But he succumbed at the Hospital sometime later.

However, no case has been registered in this regard, it is learnt.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Star of Mysore....