Daijiworld Media Network - Moodbidri (SP)
Moodbidri, Jan 14: Dophi D'Souza (33), who had expertise in catching of snakes since long and was catering to needs of people who were facing danger from snakes since the last may years, breathed his last on the evening of Friday January 12 due to snakebite.
Dolphi was bitten by a serpent when he was trying to catch it on Friday evening. He died at the hospital.
Dolphi was from Alangaru village near here. On Friday, a serpent had appeared in the courtyard of a house belonging to Rajendra Kini at Nagarakatte near here. Kini contacted Dolphi seeking help. Dolphi went there to help Kini.
During the operation to catch the serpent, it bit Dolphi in his hand. He was immediately rushed to the hospital. Without responding to treatments, he died there sometime later.
Dolphi was unmarried and was working as a building painter.