Samastipur: A man in Bihar, eastern India, woke up to find a venomous snake had bitten him and realized he would not survive.

Shankar Rai from Samastipur district then became emotional and went to his wife Amiri Devi. He started biting her wrists in the hope that they could depart together, reported Gulf News.

After telling her he loved her very much, the couple fell unconscious. While Rai succumbed to his injuries, Devi was saved by doctors from a local hospital. The incident occurred on June 10.

“He told me he loved me too much and want to die together before grabbing my wrist and sinking his teeth into it. I allowed him to do so,” the woman was quoted as saying by Gulf News. She added that he wanted them to remain united, but his dying wish remains unfulfilled.

According to doctors, the woman was saved due to timely treatment. “The woman could be saved as her treatment began on time. She is safe now,” a local medical practitioner Dr Jaykant told local reporters on June 12.

Samastipur district is around 90 km east of Patna, the state capital.

Earlier this year, another bizarre incident was reported from Bihar’s Begusarai district, where a krait emerged from the schoolbag of a four-year-old boy, enrolled in LKG. The deadly snake caused a stampede-like situation in the classroom.