Mother uses
wooden bat to save daughter from crocodile in Indian village
The young
woman was washing clothes by the river, as many people in the Indian village of
Thikariya Mubarak do, when the beast struck. A crocodile emerged from the water
and seized her foot between its jaws, according to a local forestry official. The
crocodile tried to drag her into the river during the attack Friday morning.
But it hadn't reckoned with the woman's mother, who was washing clothes nearby.
The mother began thumping the reptile with a wooden bat that's normally used to
beat the dirt out of laundry. Her bold assault prompted the creature to release
her daughter's foot, Ashok Pandya, the local forestry official, told CNN on
Sunday. The young woman, who was
identified as 18-year-old Kanta Vankar, was reported to have escaped without
major injury. The Times of India, a
national newspaper, published a photo on its website that appeared to show the
woman lying on a hospital bed with her lower leg bandaged up. Her mother, whom
the newspaper identified as Divali, was shown sitting at her side. Authorities
have asked villagers to be careful and avoid going to the river, Pandya said. Similar
attacks have taken place previously in the same area of the eastern Indian
state of Gujarat, he said. Journalist Omar Khan reported from New Delhi, and
CNN's Jethro Mullen wrote from Hong Kong.
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