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Crocodile found in Saptari public pond

Crocodile found in Saptari public pond

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

Locals from Majhi, Kumal and Musahar communities residing in Kasara releasing a Ghariyal into the Rapti River, in Chitwan, on Thursday, March 8, 2018. Photo: THT

RAJBIRAJ: A group of fishermen found a crocodile in a public pond in Kankalini Municipality-8 of Saptari district on Thursday. Local fishermen informed the police immediately after they hooked up the crocodile weighing around six to seven kilograms in the net while fishing at a public pond in Hanumangar. A police team deployed from Area Police Office Hanumannagar handed over the crocodile to the District Forest Division Office.