An Indian woman died after being attacked by a highly venomous cobra. The judge found her death was caused by the bite -- but the real killer was her husband. And it wasn't the first time he'd used a snake as a weapon.
Her family rushed her to the local Kollam hospital in the southern Indian state of Kerala, but the 25-year-old was already dead. A post-mortem on May 7, 2020, confirmed she'd been bitten hours earlier by a highly venomous Indian spectacled cobra, according to court documents.In India, where snake bites are not uncommon, that could have been the end of it. But her family grew suspicious and filed a complaint with police.
The first few months of married life seemed"uneventful" and within a year they had a son, the judgment said. But it wasn't long before Kumar's parents wanted more.According to the judgment, Kumar's parents demanded Uthra's parents pay for household appliances, a car, furniture, renovation work, and admission fees for an MBA course for Kumar's sister."Uthra was someone who never saw bad in anyone," Vishu said.
The two pairs of bite marks on Uthra's arm had a width of 2.3 and 2.8 centimeters respectively, much larger than the typical width of cobra fangs of between 0.4 to 1.6 centimeters , experts told the court. That indicated the cobra's upper jaw had been pushed as if it was being milked. The time of day also raised suspicion."Cobras generally do not bite unless they are highly provoked. And after 8 p.m.
The prosecution called multiple experts who testified the Russell's viper bite was also unnatural. The experts said it was all but impossible for the ground-dwelling snake to navigate the smooth tiles to the first floor of Kumar's home, where Uthra was bitten. Furthermore, the bite marks were vertical, suggesting she had been bitten while lying down. Snake expert Vava Suresh told the court Russell's vipers like dry, arid landscapes, whereas Kumar's home was built on marshy land.
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