Uttar Pradesh: Two Siblings Taken To Exorcist Instead Of Hospital After Animal Bite, Die

The girls were injured after sustaining animal bites while they were sleeping on Monday. They were rushed to an exorcist and when their condition worsened, they were shifted to a hospital, where they were declared brought dead.

Mirzapur: Two siblings, aged two and four years, died after being bitten by an animal in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district, police said on Tuesday.

After being seriously injured, the family took the girls to an exorcist instead of a hospital. It was only when their health condition deteriorated, that they were shifted to a hospital, where both were declared brought dead.

The incident took place in Chandanpur village of Rajgarh police station area when the girls were sleeping on a cot with their mother on Monday night. The deceased, identified as Pari (4) and Shweta (2), were daughters of Dhanesh Kumar, a resident of Chandanpur village.

While they were asleep, an animal had bitten them, leaving them seriously injured. Seeing their condition deteriorating, the family took them to an exorcist for curing them through black magic. When their condition kept worsening, the family got worried and rushed them to Rajgarh Community Health Centre. However, the on-duty doctors examined them and declared both brought dead. Police have sent the bodies for post-mortem.

Rajgarh police station in-charge Amit Kumar said the girls died due to a poisonous animal bite. "It has been reported that the family first wasted time in trying to cure them through black magic and when their condition deteriorated, they called the ambulance. But, it was already too late and both were declared brought dead," Kumar said.

According to the doctors, the girls had succumbed to their injuries on the way to the hospital.

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