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Cobra in Classroom! Commotion at Dhupguri School as Students Panic
- •A venomous cobra entered a classroom at Boragari BFP 1 Primary School in Dhupguri during school hours.
- •Students screamed in fear and ran out, prompting teachers to move them to another classroom.
- •The snake coiled in a corner; teachers locked the classroom and guarded it while awaiting help.
- •Environmentalist Bhajan Saha from Dooars Nature and Snake Lovers Organization rescued the approximately 4.5-foot cobra.
- •The rescued cobra was released into the forest, bringing relief to the school community.
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A venomous cobra entered a classroom during school hours on Thursday afternoon, causing students to scream in fear and run outside. Teachers promptly moved the children to an adjacent room, locked the classroom for safety, and called a local environmental organization. Environmentalist Bhajan Saha arrived and safely rescued the four-and-a-half-foot-long snake, which was later released into the forest.
Following recent incidents involving venomous snakes entering school classrooms and tragic snakebite cases in South Bengal schools, the state education department discussed conducting cleanliness audits across schools to protect student safety.
The Dooars Nature and Snake Lovers Organization, a Dhupguri environmental organization, was informed about the incident, prompting environmentalist Bhajan Saha to rush to the scene and rescue the cobra.
