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Madhya Pradesh study finds common krait bites during sleep account for nearly 52% of snakebite deaths

BHOPAL: In rural Madhya Pradesh, the common krait, a venomous snake whose bite can be relatively painless, has emerged as a particularly deadly threat to people sleeping indoors. A field-based study by six frontline personnel of the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department has uncovered these and other patterns in 1,261 snakebite cases documented across approximately 280 villages in six ranges of the…

New Indian Express 14/10/2026, 4:24:33 pm IST

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