"Take My Snake" you *$%$@ politicians

Instead of paying the bribes demanded of them, two North Indian farmers deposited three bags of snakes on the floor of the local tax office. As a protest against endemic government corruption, Hukkul Khan and Ramkul Ram (a local snake charmer) collected together more than 40 snakes, including 4 cobras, and then delivered the snakes to the tax office in Basti.  Office workers described the scene as "absolute chaos"... snakes crawling and climbing everywhere.  Snakes are a serious problem in India, even when they have not been angered and dumped in front of helpless functionaries.  The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene estimates that nearly 46,000 people in India die each year from snake bites.