Mangaluru: Python bites 10 year old; saves himself by kicking it

Mangaluru: An incident of a python that bit a child at Mannagudda here was reported on October 7.

Sankalp Pai (10), son of P Gopala Krishna Pai, was going to the temple near his house at Vadirajanager, near Mannagudda at 7 pm when the python, which was in a drainage pipe, bit him on his leg.

Sankalp kicked the python causing it to go back into the pipe.

Locals immediately came to spot on hearing Sankalp’s scream. They caught the python and transported it to Pilikula Nisargadhama.

Sankalp suffered small wounds on his leg from the bite and was taken to the hospital for treatment. He was reported to have fully recovered now.