Bhubaneswar, Sept. 21 -- A family in Odisha's Keonjhar district allegedly turned to two practitioners of witchcraft in a futile attempt to revive a man who had died after being bitten by a venomous snake, sources said.
Sushil Kumar Bhitiria of Bhandaridihi village under the Ghasipura police limits was bitten by a venomous snake and brought to the Anandapur Sub-Divisional Headquarters Hospital on Saturday evening, nearly four hours after the incident.
Doctors declared him brought dead, citing the delay in receiving medical treatment, sources said.
Following his death, his family members brought two witchcraft practitioners to the hospital in the hope of reviving him. Their attempts, however, failed, a hospital staff member said.
The inci...