You must have heard many kinds of people's hobbies, but you will be surprised to know that these father and daughter have a passion for playing with snakes. Gulzar Ahmad, who works as a denter in a car garage in Sitarganj in Uttarakhand, is also risky. Poisonous snakes also become crazy in front of them. Gulzar has so far caught poisonous snakes ranging from king cobra to python species at work as well as snake-catching. Gulzar Ahmed (54) son Irshad Ahmed Khan, a resident of Bypass Colony in Sitarganj is originally from Haldwani. In 1984, he settled in Sitarganj. Not only Gulzar, but his daughter also specializes in this art.
For your information, let us tell you that Gulzar has six daughters and a son. Of these, number 15's 15-year-old daughter Alia Khan also specializes in snake catching. Daughter Alia also fearlessly plays with snakes. She is a Class VIII student at GGIC in the city and has also caught many snakes in school. Gulzar says that she had a fondness of playing with snakes since childhood. When they came here, they used to reach to catch the snake anywhere. This amazing feat of his made him a snake friend and now he is known in the area by the name of snake friend. They now go to catch snakes in the area through the forest department. In lieu of this, remuneration is also received from home and establishment owners and from the forest department, Rs. 100 per snake is also given.
Snakes of different species caught in 2019
Russell Viper 46
Kareat 21
Spectral Cobra 250
Rack snake 30
Water snake 20
Boom sland 10
Python 03
Monocole cobra 150
Gulzar Ahmed has so far caught 119 snakes and left them in the jungle. He told that the snake is made intoxicated not by playing bean, but by putting eyes in its eyes. Through this art, he has subdued thousands of snakes in 40 years. Gulzar says that he has been punished by the snake five times in this 40-year-old hobby. But he never got it corrected by chanting, but he got cured by medical treatment. He says that a snake bite makes a person nervous. Whereas during that one should be restrained.
