JHALAKATI, Sept 7: A madrasa student was killed in snakebite at Munshirabad village under Kanthalia upazila here on Saturday.
He was identified as Md. Shafiqul Islam Shuva, 11, son of Abdur Rahman of the village, and a student of class six at Uttar Talgachhia Nesaria Fazil Madrasa.
On Saturday evening, while the deceased was bringing book from an almirah, a snake bit him, leaving him seriously injured.
Later, he died at Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital.