Salman Khan says snake bit him thrice, but they parted as friends…'tiger bhi zinda hai aur saanp bhi zinda hai'

Tribune Web Desk

Chandigarh, December 27

Actor Salman Khan who was bitten by a snake on Sunday afternoon said “tiger bhi zinda hai aur saanp bhi zinda hai.”

Salman Khan, who was bitten by a non-venomous snake at his farmhouse in Panvel, a day before his birthday, has claimed that he was bitten by it, not once, but thrice.

The actor is recovering, but he took out time for a photo-op session with the paparazzi gathered outside his Panvel farmhouse on Sunday night.

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Talking to the media in the early hours of Monday, the actor said the snake had entered one of the rooms of his Arpita farmhouse -- named after his sister -- and he had gone to rescue it when the incident happened.

Salman Khan said he also spoke to his worried father, veteran screenwriter Salim Khan, after the incident and assured him that both "Tiger and snake" were doing fine, referring to his character of Tiger, a spy in the blockbuster films "Ek Tha Tiger" and "Tiger Zinda Hai".

He said, "My dad asked me ki kya hua? Saanp zinda hai? So I said yes, tiger bhi zinda hai aur saanp bhi zinda hai."

The Bollywood star said the children were scared when the snake entered the room, following which he went in to take stock of the situation.

"I asked for a stick. The stick that came was a small one so I asked for a longer stick. Then I picked up the snake with a lot of love and brought it out, the snake wrapped itself on the stick and then it started climbing the stick upwards and 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). The locals know what snakes come around, this was a Kandhari snake. So they started screaming 'Kandhari, Kandhari, Kandhari', that's when the snake bit me once. Then there was more chaos and that's when the snake bit me again. There was a lot of commotion, people said 'hospital, hospital', that it was venomous, and it bit me again," Salman Khan explained.

The "Bharat" star said he was then rushed to the hospital, where he got to know that the snake was not poisonous. At the hospital, Salman Khan was given an anti-venom shot and was kept under observation for six hours.

On his return to the farmhouse, the actor said the snake was still there. Khan quipped that he let the snake out in the jungle, before clicking a picture with it.

"My sister was quite scared with the whole incident, but I made friends with the snake and got a picture clicked with it before leaving it in the jungle. It must have also bit me because it was scared.

"It was good that this hospital was well equipped, they had an anti-venom for all kinds of snake bites. Our commissioner of police (Navi Mumbai) Bipin Kumar sir, our MLA Sandeep Naik, all rushed to the hospital too and it helped a lot," he added. With inputs from PTI

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