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Jharkhand News: Kin of BJP MLA Alok Chourasia succumb to snakebite in Palamu

THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK   Advertisement Advertisement Daltonganj, July 11: Two brothers, Arjun, 8 and Deva, 10, died of snake bite in…

Jharkhand News: Kin of BJP MLA Alok Chourasia succumb to snakebite in Palamu

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Daltonganj, July 11: Two brothers, Arjun, 8 and Deva, 10, died of snake bite in Palamu. The incident occurred at Pathra village under the Chainpur police station limits on the intervening night of Thursday/Friday.

These two brothers were sleeping together with their father, Prem Kumar Chourasia, on a cot with a mosquito net.

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Prem Kumar Chourasia was also bitten by the snake. He is responding to the treatment in a private mission hospital at Tumbagara on NH 39.

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The deceased children were the kin of the Daltonganj BJP MLA Alok Chourasia.

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Post-mortem of the two children was performed in the MMCH.

Under the Disaster Management Act, 4 lakhs of rupees each as ex gratia relief will be given to Prem Kumar Chourasia for the losses of Arjun and Deva.

The tragedy has shocked the people of Palamu.

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