Crocodile attacks man at Bhopal's Kaliasot dam

A 46-year-old man was attacked by a crocodile at Bhopal's Kaliasot dam where he had gone for fishing on Tuesday. The crocodile bit his left leg, making deep puncturing wounds.

Updated on: Sep 28, 2014, 21:00:26 IST

Hindustan Times | By Neeraj Santoshi, Bhopal

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A 46-year-old man was attacked by a crocodile at Bhopal's Kaliasot dam where he had gone for fishing on Tuesday. The crocodile bit his left leg, making deep puncturing wounds.

The victim has been identified as Kishori Lal, a resident of Bhoipura Budhwara, in old Bhopal.

According to Dr SM Aagaz, who treated him, Lal was brought to his clinic by his friend and was bleeding profusely.

"The crocodile put its six teeth into his leg and each wound was around three inches long. After 40 stitches and treatment, his bleeding stopped. Now he is recuperating but I have advised him to visit the clinic every day for dressing so that there are no chances of infection," said Dr Aagaz.

He further said Lal has been visiting him for consultation for many years and regularly goes to Kaliasot dam for fishing. "However, I have never come across a case of crocodile bite. This is the first time I handled such a case," he said.

This is not the first time a crocodile or an alligator has been spotted in water bodies in and around Bhopal. In the past, there have been reports of crocodile sightings in Bhopal's Upper Lake and Kaliasote dam. Some people have even been killed in crocodile attacks.

In June 2011, 17-year-old Sanjay Singh was attacked and killed by a crocodile while he was swimming with friends in a pond at Ratibad village near Bhopal. The boy's body was later recovered from the pond.

In October 2012, a crocodile devoured a cow at a culvert near Sakshi Dhaba on Kerwa dam road. The crocodile came out in the open from the backwaters of the dam.

Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal also houses around 20 crocodiles and nearly a dozen alligators. Some observers claim that some of the alligators or crocodiles might have sneaked into the Upper Lake during the monsoon period. This is the time when the water level in Upper Lake and Van Vihar's water bodies goes up.

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Neeraj Santoshi
Neeraj Santoshi is the Chief of Bureau for Hindustan Times in Uttarakhand, where he leads the state reporting team while covering government, politics, environment, wildlife, Uttarakhand High Court, and issues shaping the Himalayan region. With more than two decades in journalism across conflict zones, he has covered politically sensitive regions and environmentally fragile landscapes, and focused on stories that combine public interest with in-depth storytelling. An alumnus of Pune University with a Master’s in Communication Studies, he has reported extensively from Jammu & Kashmir (2003-2010), Madhya Pradesh (2010 to 2018 ) and Uttarakhand (Since 2018), covering subjects ranging from insurgency, elections and governance to wildlife conservation, mining, climate change, agriculture, human rights and social justice. He has covered politics and legislative assemblies of both Jammu & Kashmir and Madhya Pradesh over more than a decade. Before taking over as Chief of Bureau in Uttarakhand, he served as Special Correspondent with Hindustan Times in Madhya Pradesh and earlier reported for both Hindustan Times and The Indian Express in Jammu & Kashmir, where he covered state politics, environment and insurgency-related developments. Over the years, his stories have focused on environmental degradation, wildlife, illegal mining, governance and the changing social fabric of Himalayan states and Central India. He is particularly interested in long-form explanatory journalism, and stories that explore the intersection of ecology, conservation, governance and society. Outside the newsroom, Neeraj enjoys reading widely on neuroscience, consciousness studies, Artificial Intelligence and quantum physics, with a special interest in Kashmiri Tantric Shaivist traditions. He is also passionate about wildlife, mountaineering and the Himalayas, interests that continue to inform his reporting and deepen his understanding of the region he covers.Read More

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