DANG: A child has died after being bitten by a snake in Tulsipur of Dang.

According to the Tulsipur area police office, 11-year-old Chabi Chaudhary of Tulsipur sub-metropolitan ward number 13 Dhakna died after a snake bite.

Chaudhary had gone to the nearby field to pick up the ball he was playing in the courtyard when the snake bit him.

The police said that he was seriously ill after being bitten by a snake and died at Rapti Provincial Hospital Tulsipur during treatment.