Silvester D’Souza

Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (MS)

Kundapur, Nov 21: Two people were seriously injured in a bee attack at Kotathattu, under the Kotathattu gram panchayat limits.

Saraswati, the vice president of Kotathattu gram panchayat, and her daughter Saujanya were the victims of the attack. They were on their way to Nagabana to offer prayers when the bees swarmed them. Kotathattu gram panchayat president Sathish Kundar and other locals risked their lives by covering the victims with sackcloth and other clothes, providing first aid.

The victims screamed in agony as the bees attacked them. Locals quickly intervened to prevent further attacks. The victims were later rushed to Kundapur taluk hospital via Jeevan Mitra Ambulance, operated by Nagaraja Puthran of Kota.

Thousands of bees had built honeycombs on a tree branch near Nagabana, where the victims had intended to pray. Locals struggled to remove the bees that had adhered to the bodies of both victims. In the process, Sathish Kundar, the gram panchayat president who had helped rescue them, was also attacked by the bees.