Vadodara: Crocodile drags away 12-year-old boy in Dhadhar River

VADODARA: In the first incident of

crocodile attack

in

Por village

, a 12-year-old boy was shockingly dragged away by a crocodile in

Dhadhar River

on Friday afternoon. Fire brigade personnel fished out Rohit Tadvi’s body after a search of more than two hours in the croc-infested river.

Locals said that the victim, a resident of Warasia, had come to his grandfather’s home in Por on Friday and was playing near the river bank with his friends. He had climbed a tree on the banks of the river, slipped and fell down in the waters at about 1pm.

“A crocodile immediately

pounced

on the boy and dragged him away. His friend, who was playing nearby, saw the incident and raised alarm,” said Nidhi Dave, range forest officer (RFO). Locals rushed to the spot and tried in vain to search for the missing boy.

Forest officials

reached the spot and fire brigade too was informed. “We began searching for Rohit in the river but our team had to take lot of precautions to avoid getting attacked by crocodiles. We found his body from the river after nearly half-an-hour’s search,” said Om

Jadeja

, fire officer.

The body had bite marks on the chest and stomach, said officials.

Forest officials said, “We have warned the locals to stay away from the Dhadhar River which is connected with

Vishwamitri River

and has hundreds of crocodiles.”

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