A wife suffocated to death after being buried in cow dung to treat a snake bite in India. Pictures show her covered in dung on the street in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh.
The 35-year-old woman, named as Devendri (pictured), was out collecting wood for her fire when a snake bit her on the hand in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, northern India.
'The snake charmer was confident he could help. We left her in the cow dung for 75 minutes. I never thought she would die, I really thought she'd survive, and it'd work. I never thought this would happen.'
The snake charmer, Murarey, said: 'I'm known in this area to treat animal bites. I think the snake was a cobra. And yes, she died because she was buried.'
Mukesh is now left to raise five children alone.
Station house officer Anand Veer, at Kakod Police Station, said: 'We are not aware of this incident at the station. No one has reported anything or lodged a complaint.'