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| The snake which was living inside the trunk was severed into pieces. As a grainy video shows it came out in pieces, still alive and writhing in pain. Photo of a Russell's kukri - for representation. Courtesy India nature Watch |
July 29, 2016, NewsCrunch
A snake was cut into three pieces when a 200-year-old Banyan tree was chopped in Bangalore recently.
Though media reports said the snake was a cobra, experts identified it as a harmless Russell's kukri, commonly found in India.
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The snake which was living inside the trunk was severed into pieces. As a grainy video shows it came out in pieces, still alive and writhing in pain.
The tree was located at a government school near the Muthyalamma temple in the Rajarajeshwarinagar assembly constituency. The temple devotees reportedly worshipped the snake and were upset that it was killed.
The forest department has filed an FIR against local councillor Mamatha Vasudev, under whose supervision the tree was cut, for killing the snake.
Many said she was also a trustee at the temple and knew about the snake, which lived in a hole, but still went ahead to chop it down.
Mamatha Vasudev, whoever, defended her action, saying the tree was old and posed to threat to the childlren of te school.