Sealed bottled water was served to the Indian health minister, JP Nadda, and chief minister, Dr Raman Singh, when they shockingly noticed a small live snake in one of them.
The snake in the bottled water
The Indian health minister, JP Nadda, and chief minister, Dr Raman Singh, was having a meeting of the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at its headquarters in Chhattisgarh, India, on Wednesday when they found a little snake in the bottled water he was served.
According to Times of India, officials say 20 boxes of water bottles marketed under the name of “Aman Aqua”, were ordered for the meeting, which was held at Ekatma Parisar.
Reports indicate that the wriggly snake was noticed in one of the bottles by a lady doctor in the Chief Minister’s medical team and she immediately alerted the staff. The bottled water company, Aman Aqua, is owned by Sayed Shafiq Aman, whose father, Sayed Ali Aman, is BJP’s Raipur District Minority Cell Vice President.
Times of India reports that when contacted, Syed Shafiq claimed that the allegations were false. “It’s a conspiracy against me. When I was shown the bottle, its seal was broken”, he said, adding that his company takes utmost care in packaging water.
Raipur District president, BJP, Ashok Pandey, confirmed the incident but claimed that he did not know the details of what transpired later. “I came to know about it only after the meeting and the water bottle was sealed”, he said.