Alligator from Indore Zoo spotted in Khan river

A baby alligator, which escaped Indore Zoo a few days before, was spotted in Khan River near Sanjay Setu on Monday.

A baby alligator, which escaped Indore Zoo a few days before, was spotted in Khan River near Sanjay Setu on Monday.

Zoo authority members search for the baby alligator that was spotted in Khan river in Indore on Monday. (Arun Mondhe/ HT)

A police officer spotted the two-foot-long alligator and informed the police control room after which a search team from the zoo authority was deployed to catch it but failed. “The alligator made his way through the zoo besides which the river flows,” said a forest official seeking anonymity.

Policemen too faced hurdles in controlling the crowd that had gathered around the place to see the alligator, thereby causing traffic congestion on the road.