Crocodile captured near Kanekal village, shifted to safety

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Forest Department unit   and others with the captured crocodile successful  Kanekal village.

Forest Department unit and others with the captured crocodile successful Kanekal village. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Forest Department unit captured a crocodile from a vessel successful Kanekal colony successful Yadgir territory precocious connected Sunday nighttime successful an cognition that lasted 16 hours.

Deputy Range Forest Officer Bhimashankar Ganapur said that it took them 16 hours to seizure the crocodile which has present been shifted to a safer place.

The residents of Kanekal colony panicked aft the crocodile was sighted erstwhile immoderate of them went to the riverbanks to lavation clothes, portion others took their livestock for watering.

“On being alerted, the Forest Department unit launched the cognition astatine 6 a.m. connected Sunday and captured the carnal by 10 p.m. the aforesaid day,” Mr. Ganapur said.

He besides appealed to the residents of villages connected the riverbanks to instantly alert them successful lawsuit of sighting crocodiles.

Forest Department unit Shravankumar Hosmath, Somayya, Vishwaradhya, fisherman Bhagappa, villagers Sureshgouda Biradar Patil, Malluhouda Police Patil and others were progressive successful the operation.

Published - February 16, 2026 08:49 p.m. IST

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