AURANGABAD: A rat snake was rescued from a dug well in the fringe areas of the city, in which a teenager had jumped to commit suicide on Saturday afternoon.
Though the snake was rescued, the youth could not survive due to lack of timely help.
Mangesh Sanjay Mahanor (18), a resident of Nakshatrwadi had jumped into the well in the farm allegedly due to a family dispute. As soon as he jumped, his father shouted for help but nobody dared to enter the well due to the presence of a full-grown (over eight-feet-long) snake in the well.
The fire brigade and snake rescuers Manoj Gaikwad and Suresh Salve were called.
“The snake must have accidentally fallen into the well, We reached the spot and removed the reptile from the well using a branch of berry tree. The fire brigade team took out of the body of the youth,” Gaikwad said.
He said the lack of public awareness about poisonous and non-poisonous snake led to delay in saving the teenager’s life. “The rat snakes are non-venomous snakes commonly found in India. The creature feeds on rodents. They are good swimmers and therefore it survived in the well,” he said.
While the snake was released into its natural habitat, Satara police have registered a case in connection with the death.