A crocodile killed a woman who had gone to bathe in a river in the Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh on Friday morning.
According to police, the incident occurred in village Kaniya Ghat Pati when a group of women went to the Vyarma river in the area to bathe and collect drinking water. One of them, identified as Malti Bai (40), wife of Meghraj Singh, was bathing when a crocodile suddenly emerged and grabbed her leg in its jaws.
The crocodile dragged the woman into the middle of the river before others present there could do anything to help her.
They immediately informed the police and the forest authorities.
Damoh SP Shrutikirti Somvanshi rushed to the spot along with a team of police and forest personnel.
The woman’s body was found stuck in bushes on the other bank of the river an hour later.