Neeraj BaliChandigarh, Aug. 27 -- A family in Ludhiana's Bassian village was preparing for Raksha Bandhan when tragedy struck: two young siblings who were sleeping in the courtyard died of suspected snake bites within about 18 hours of each other, after the family initially mistook the first child's complaint for an insect or mosquito bite.
Eight-year-old Jobanpreet Singh died late on Wednesday at the Christian Medical College and Hospital in Ludhiana, hours after his six-year-old sister Jaspreet Kaur was declared dead at the Civil Hospital in Raikot.
The children had been sleeping on a cot near their grandmother Jinder Kaur when Jobanpreet woke up at around 3 a.m. and complained that something had bitten his hand.
His grandmother initia...