Angul: A minor boy was killed by a crocodile in Odisha’s Angul district Saturday, police said.
According to police, the eight-year-old boy went for a wash in the Mahanadi river at Tikarpada after relieving himself. As soon as he entered the river, the crocodile attacked him and dragged him away.
Locals and fire brigade personnel started a search for the boy. Later, his body was fished out from another location on the bank of Mahanadi.
Expressing grief over the incident, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced a Rs 6 lakh compensation for the family members of the deceased, an official statement said.
Tikarpada is a wildlife sanctuary and home to endangered gharials (crocodiles).
PTI