A crocodile seemed to have been swept into a residential area during rains in Uttar Pradesh’s Shivkuti. Locals alerted the police and forest department. A video showing the forest officials trying to remove the reptile from the residential area has gone viral on social media. The reptile, however, seems to refuse to budge and on further dragging, it lashes its tail. The situation at hand seems to be dangerous for both the crocodile and the people involved in the situation.

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People got frightened when they saw a crocodile in Salori and Shukla Market, the most densely populated areas of Prayagraj. People were making videos several meters away from him. As can be seen in the video, the entire street is filled with water. A crocodile of 10-12 feet was swimming slowly in the water in the street. People were making videos from the roof. His soul trembled when a crocodile passed in front of his house. The crocodile kept walking from this street to that street. Crocodile Attack in Madhya Pradesh: Youth Slips and Falls in Chambal River, Gets Eaten by Reptile

Locals said that the crocodile was so huge and dangerous that it ate several pigs while roaming in the streets. People could only heave a sigh of relief when the forest department tied it and took somewhere far away. SDRF Team Saves Boy From Drowning in River Filled With Crocodiles (Watch Video)

Earlier this month, in a similar incident in the Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh, an 8-foot-long crocodile caused a brief panic among people as it entered a residential area last week. A video of the same was recorded by onlookers. It was later rescued and released in a nearby lake.

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