Hyderabad: He was a priest by profession while snake rescuing was his hobby. People used to call him whenever snakes sneak into their houses. Hence, he became famous not only for the priesthood, but also as a snake rescuer. But fate has something in store for him as the person, who was rescuing the snakes, himself became the victim.
Nagababu Sharma had a habit of rescuing snakes found in residential areas and leaving them far away from inhabited areas. People, who were bitten by snakes and scorpions, were provided treatment with herbal medicine by him. He was continuing treatment as he had inherited it from his father. He was staying in Hyderabad though he hailed from a village in Andhra Pradesh.
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Ahead of Dasara, the 48-year-old priest, Nagababu Sharma, was staying in Hyderabad for the past few years and went to his native village Krithivennu Gudidibba in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. Meanwhile, on Saturday afternoon, a group of people approached the priest seeking his help to catch a cobra that sneaked into their shed.
Though he managed to catch the snake, it bit him twice on his hand. Instead of going to a doctor, he put the herbal paste on the bite area and went to release the snake on the outskirts of the village. Soon after, his condition deteriorated and Nagababu’s kin immediately rushed him to a private hospital in Machilipatnam, but he died on way to the hospital. His funeral rites were conducted at Gudibba on Monday afternoon. Hundreds of people came to pay their last respects. Nagababu is survived by his wife, son, and daughter.
