Bhatkal : In a shocking incident yet again, the second time in the recent few months in Bhatkal, a dead snake was found inside a fruit juice pack on Sunday. The dead snake was six inch long.
The snake was noticed inside the juice pack after 12 year old Abdul Mannan, a student of Jamia Islamia Bhatkal had purchased the pack from the canteen and was sipping it using the straw. Suddenly he felt the juice was not coming out and as he sipped forcefully, the dead snake emerged. The student who was aghast, began vomiting and was admitted to the Bhatkal Government Hospital.
The Bhatkal police who seized the pack, have directed shopkeepers against selling the tetra packs of Maa with manufacturing date of May 13, 2012 and batch number B390.
In an earlier incident reported in June, a woman and her daughter had to be hospitalized after they found a dead snake in the juice pack which they had consumed almost half.
On the other hand, CavinKare, the manufacturer company strongly feels that some miscreants are behind this incident.