The reptile which had clung onto the victim was jolted by the sudden attack and left the girl to slip into the water. She deserves praise for the brave act, said a local resident Pradip Kumar Das.Besides the department would also award compensation sum to the injured person’s family as per revised rules, said Divisional Forest Officer, Rajnagar Mangrove (wildlife) Forest Division, Bimal Prasanna Acharya."The attack was so sudden that I had little time to react.Forest officials, however, are of the view that people are exposing themselves to crocodile attack by venturing into croc-infested water bodies. The stick lying near the pond saved my friend," Tiki, who is also enrolled in the village school, narrated.The victim sustained multiple wounds on her hand and thigh and is stated to be out of danger.However, she survived as her schoolmate picking up a bamboo stick dealt a blow on animal’s head. The bathing ghats which are vulnerable due to croc intrusion have been barricaded", said officials.
The survivor Basanti Dalai, a class I student of a government-run primary school in Bankuala village undergoing treatment at a government-run hospital recalled the harrowing experience and thanked schoolmate Tiki Dalai for surviving from crocodile attack.The state Forest department would bear the cost of treatment of the girl injured following crocodile attack."Forest department has taken several measures to save human and domesticated animals from preying crocs. Warning has been issued to people to avoid these troubled water zones. Over two dozen riverside spots were identified as danger zones due to frequent sighting of reptiles in these places..Both the girls were taking bath in Microfiber Bath Mats for sale the village pond yesterday when a crocodile leaped from the water and attacked Basanti all on a sudden.Kendrapara: A six-year-old girl at a remote village in Kendrapara district displayed exemplary courage to save her playful mate from claws of death following attack by a furious estuarine crocodile
