Salman Khan became friends with snake that bit him, clicked photo

Actor Salman Khan has given details of his experience of being bitten by a snake late on Saturday.

Salman was hospitalised briefly on Sunday after being bitten by a snake at his farmhouse near Panvel. Salman interacted with the media after his birthday celebrations early on Monday. Salman said the snake had entered his farmhouse, which is in a forested area of Panvel. “When the snake entered the room, kids got scared so I went in to see and asked for a stick, the stick that came was a small one so I asked for a longer stick, and they got one, with which I picked up the snake with a lot of love and brought it out, and the snake wrapped itself on the stick and then it started climbing upwards. It came quite close to my hand so I caught it with my other hand and dropped the stick to be able to leave the snake (in the jungle),” Salman was quoted as saying by The Indian Express.

Salman also claimed there was confusion on what type of snake bit him. “The villagers around know what snakes come around. This was a Kandhari snake, and they started screaming ‘kandhari, kandhari, kandhari’. That’s when the snake bit me once, then there was more chaos when they screamed ‘chaavla, chaavla, chaavla (the snake has bit)’, that’s when the snake bit me again. Then they all screamed ‘hospital, hospital, hospital’, saying that I should be taken to a hospital quickly. There was so much commotion, the snake was a bit venomous, and it bit me again. I was taken to the hospital, and there we came to know that it is a different kind of snake, not the great kandhari," he was quoted as saying by The Indian Express.

He revealed the snake was taken to the hospital with him. “Then we went to the hospital, carried the snake along carefully and there we found that it was non-venomous. Still, I was hospitalised for 6 hours and have been injected with all kinds of anti-venom. I am fine now,” he was quoted as saying by ANI.

Salman said he released the snake into the wild, but not before clicking a photo with it. “My sister was quite scared, but I made friends with the snake and got a picture clicked with it. It must have also bit me because it was scared,” The Indian Express quoted the actor as saying.

Giving a humorous twist, Salman said “When my dad (veteran screenwriter Salim Khan) came to know about this incident, he called to ask if the snake is fine and alive. So I told him Tiger (from the actor’s Tiger Zinda Hai) and the snake both are alive... We did not hurt the snake, we made sure we handled it with utmost care and love.”

Salman said Police Commissioner of Navi Mumbai Bipin Kumar Singh and local MLA Sandeep Naik had rushed to the hospital to offer assistance.