Chennai, May 18: A 24-year old Lady Cadet from Jammu and Kashmir, undergoing training at the Officers' Training Academy in a forest area near here died after bitten by a snake.
Stanzin Odzes, a native of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, was found unconscious by her batchmates last evening, during their training in a dense forest area at Kizhur village on the city outskirts, police said.
An emergency medical team with the trainees suspected it to be a case of snake bite and she was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared her dead.
Post-mortem confirmed that the death was due to snake bite, they said.
The body is being sent to her native place tomorrow, police added.
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