Shankar, a resident of Kannapalayam, Bharathi Nagar, near Avadi, Chennai, works in a private food delivery company. His elder daughter Sharmila was working in a private company in Ayapakkam. On the morning of August 29, when Sharmila woke up from her bed, she suddenly felt itching all over her body. Within minutes, her entire body was swollen. She was bitten by a poisonous insect.