The crocodile attacked the boy when he was taking a bath in the Chambal river on Monday morning.
A 10-year-old boy was swallowed by a crocodile in Sheopur of Madhya Pradesh. The crocodile attacked the boy when he was taking a bath in the Chambal river on Monday morning. The crocodile dragged the boy into the river.
The locals present on the site called his family and relatives immediately and caught the crocodile with the help of sticks, rope and a net. They dragged the crocodile out of the river.
Meanwhile, after receiving information about the incident, an alligator department team and a police team reached the spot. Both teams tried to rescue the crocodile from the clutches of the villagers. However, the boy’s family members didn’t agree to this till late evening. The family members of the 10-year-old were hoping that the child would be alive in the crocodile’s stomach. They demanded that they would release the crocodile only when it spewed out the child.
Credit: India Today