KANPUR: An 8-feet-long crocodile, that had strayed into a residential area under Nawabganj police station in Kanpur, was caught by locals and released into river Ganga on Friday night.
The crocodile had come out of a nullah near a temple. People contacted forest department as well as local elected representatives, but received no response from either. As news spread, people panicked yet thronged the place for a glimpse of the reptile.
While police urged people not harm the reptile, they targeted the forest department and elected representatives for not taking any measure despite back-to-back sightings at ghats .
The crocodile had come out of a nullah near a temple. People contacted forest department as well as local elected representatives, but received no response from either. As news spread, people panicked yet thronged the place for a glimpse of the reptile.
While police urged people not harm the reptile, they targeted the forest department and elected representatives for not taking any measure despite back-to-back sightings at ghats .