In Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, a child who came to the river bank to defecate was caught in the mouth of a crocodile, dragged into the river and committed suicide. At this time, the child’s uncle tried to save him, but to no avail. Later, someone present on the river bank filmed a mobile video of a crocodile throwing a child into its mouth and gnawing on his legs. There was a stir after the video went viral on social media.
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After this incident, local police and forest department officials tried to find the child’s body by laying a net. The child’s body was discovered late in the evening. According to the police station in-charge, the body has been sent for post-mortem.
Sunil Singh, the 12-year-old nephew of Vijayraj Singh, a resident of Tikuri village in Bondi police station area, went with his younger uncle Udairaj Singh to plant paddy in his field on the banks of the Ghagra river on Thursday afternoon. At this time, he went to the river bank to relieve himself, when a crocodile sitting in ambush attacked him and grabbed him in its mouth. Hearing his cry, his uncle ran there and tried to save him, but by then the crocodile had dragged Sunil into the river.
After receiving information about the incident, other people came there. Meanwhile, the crocodile began throwing the child into the water, holding him in his mouth, and then chewed his leg in his mouth. After receiving information about the incident, local police station in-charge Pradeep Gangwar and Bahraich forest department officials also arrived there and tried to locate the child’s body by casting a net, but were unable to find it. The child’s body was discovered late in the evening and police have sent it for an autopsy.
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