Drunk man who bit snake held in Karnataka

KOLAR: A 38-year-old drunk construction worker was arrested for biting a snake and peeling off its skin at Mustur village in Kolar district on Tuesday.
Mulbagal range forest officer KN Ravikeerthi said forest officials nabbed Kumar at Mustur on Wednesday and booked him under the Wildlife Protection Act. He was still under the influence of alcohol.
Ravikeerthi said Kumar's offence is non-bailable and attracts a jail term of up to three years. The remains of the snake were collected and sent to a lab to ascertain its species. Forest officials said the snake Kumar bit was not a viper as was reported earlier but a rat snake.
On Tuesday, Kumar was riding back home after buying liquor when the snake ca me under his bike's wheels. He tossed the injured snake around his neck, bit it and peeled off its skin. Kumar said the snake had troubled him in the past.