Police officer in Anuradhapura stung by venomous snake dead

• He had been stung by the snake while he was attending to his banana cultivation behind his house

By Dayaratne Embogama and B. G. Chaturanga  

Assistant OIC Anuradhapura Udamaluwa Police, Sarath Dharmasiri (59) who was stung by a venomous snake died yesterday at Anuradhapura Hospital after four days of treatment in the Intensive Care Unit.   

He had been stung by a snake when he was attending to his banana cultivation behind the house.   

He had been OIC SOSO Unit of Anuradhapura Police before his appointment to Udamaluwa police. He was a resident of Nagadeepa Mawatha in Jaffna Junction in Anuradhapura.