Woman dragged into river by crocodile in Odisha’s Jajpur
The croc emerged from nowhere to lunge at Soudamini Mohala, who had gone to the bathing ghat at the Kharasrota river to wash utensils.
The croc emerged from nowhere to lunge at Soudamini Mohala, who had gone to the bathing ghat at the Kharasrota river to wash utensils.
In the latest instance of human-croc conflict, a furious saltwater crocodile killed an 82-year-old man at a village in the Aul police station jurisdiction of Odisha’s Kendrapara district, an official said on Tuesday.
The rise in water level has brought in its wake a crocodile menace, with reptiles reportedly on the prowl in the low-lying areas on the upper stream of the Brahmani River.
The reptile had been roaming in Endalapur village for over two weeks, leaving residents in a state of panic. After being informed by the villagers, forest officials rescued it from the pond.
A partially visually impaired man from a riverside village of Odisha’s Kendrapara district displayed exemplary courage to survive from crocodile attack after a minute or two confrontation with the reptile, an official said on Tuesday.
A notorious serial killer, infamous as ‘Doctor Death’ for feeding his victims to crocodiles, was arrested by the Delhi Police after he jumped parole last year, police said on Tuesday.
A male crocodile in a fight against three other male partners died inside the Burdwan Zoological Park enclosure today.
The Bhitarkanika national park, a designated Ramsar wetland site, in Odisha’s Kendrapara district has re-established itself as an ideal habitation corridor for estuarine crocodiles with their population maintaining an upward graph as per the findings of the latest census of these reptiles.
In a bid to arrest human- crocodile conflict in villages, lying in the vicinity of Bhitarkanika National Park, the Odisha forest department has undertaken a massive awareness campaign to sensitise the people not to venture into croc-infested water bodies.
The victim identified as Ajambar Nayak, a native of Ichhapur village under Aul block, was preyed on by a crocodile while he was trying to ford a creek with a herd of buffaloes.
