A 34-year-old man was killed by a crocodile in Odisha’s Kendrapara district on Friday, officers mentioned.
The incident occurred round 8.30 am in Dakhinabheda village on the outskirts of the Bhitarkanika Nationwide Park when Nimai Mallick was fetching water from the river with a bucket to irrigate his area, they mentioned.
The crocodile dragged him into the river and killed him. Just a few hours later, his half-eaten physique was fished out from the river by forest guards and hearth companies personnel, they added.
Nimai is survived by his spouse, three daughters and a son, mentioned a forest official.
This was the seventh such demise within the space in as many months, he mentioned.