A man has reportedly attacked his wife on bed and broke her leg after he thought it was a snake.

According to a post updated by @themedicalshots on Twitter, the wife of the man had worn a snake-printed pajamas to bed while the husband was not around.

Upon coming into the room and sighting the serpent-looking object, he went for an iron stick and broke her leg. The police praised the man’s action saying “he is a brave man who wanted to prevent the snake from attacking his wife.”

“This woman was sleeping in snake printed pajamas and her one foot was outside the blanket. Well, her husband thought it was snake and he broke her foot with with an iron stick!”, said the Police Chief.