In Tamil Nadu's Vellore district, due to the lack of proper road facilities, the parents of an 18-month-old child who succumbed to a snake bite, carried her body in her arms for 10 km after the ambulance dropped them midway.
According to police officials, "A case has been registered under sections 153A and 504 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) r/w 4 of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Woman Act (TNPHW) and seven including a juvenile has been arrested."