Woman gone, snake skin left behind: Elopement sparks 'nagin' scare in UP village
India Today
She vanished without a trace overnight. What her family found on the bed sparked fear, superstition and panic. The truth behind the 'nagin' rumour stunned an entire village.
A young woman’s sudden disappearance sparked panic, superstition and wild rumours in a Uttar Pradesh village after her family found what appeared to be a five-foot-long snake skin wrapped in clothes on her bed, fuelling whispers that she had turned into a ‘nagin’. The truth, police later found, was far from supernatural but no less dramatic.
The incident unfolded in Uttar Pradesh’s Auraiya district, where the woman went missing from her home, leaving behind a carefully staged scene that stunned her family and neighbours.
The drama came to light when the woman did not come out of her room in the morning. Alarmed family members entered her room and were left shaken by what they saw - a long snake’s sloughed skin, wrapped neatly in clothes and placed on her bed.
Within hours, rumours swept through the village.
Some residents believed the woman had fallen victim to a mysterious incident, while others claimed she had transformed into a ‘nagin’. Panic spread rapidly, forcing the family to alert the police by dialling 112.
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