Amit Halder & Sarthak Kanjilal
Port Blair, January 07: It was a great shock for the villagers of Manpur, Bengali Basti today when they spotted a Crocodile inside a large village pond.
As per the villagers, they saw the Crocodile inside the pond in the morning after which they cautioned all other villagers not enter inside the pond and keep an eye on the movement of the crocodile inside the pond.
It is believed that the Crocodile somehow reached the pond from a nearby nallah, which is infested by crocodiles, since ages.
A team of Forest under the overall supervision of Divisional Forest Officer, Wandoor Range on information reached the spot in the evening and caught the Crocodile.
It is learnt that the Crocodile was further taken to the Wandoor Wildlife Sanctuary.
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