Tiger bhi zinda hai, saanp bhi: Salman Khan on snakebite incident

Bollywood star Salman Khan, who was bitten by a non-poisonous snake at his Panvel farmhouse on Saturday night, is now safe and stable. The actor called in his 56th birthday today.

"A snake had entered a room in my farmhouse and the children got scared. So I took it outside using a stick. Gradually it reached onto my hand. I then grabbed it with my other hand to release it. When our staff saw the snake, they thought it was poisonous and due to the commotion that followed, the snake bit me not once but thrice," Salman was quoted as saying by ANI.

After the incident, Salman was rushed to a hospital in Kamothe, Navi Mumbai. He was discharged on Sunday morning after receiving doses of anti-venom.

"Then we went to the hospital, carried the snake along carefully and there we found that it was non-venomous. Still, I was hospitalised for 6 hours and have been injected with all kinds of anti-venom. I am fine now," ANI added Salman as saying.

The actor jokingly said, "When I came back, we let go of the snake. My sister got really scared, so I clicked a picture with the snake for her. Saanp se dosti hogayi (made friends with the snake)." He added, "My dad asked me ki kya hua? Saanp zinda hai? So I said yes, tiger bhi zinda hai, saanp bhi zinda hai." (My dad asked me what happened. Is the snake alive? I told him both tiger and snake are alive.)