60-year-old drowns, Bharuch villager suspect crocodile attack

SURAT: A 60-year-old man drowned in the Narmada River near Limodara village in Jhagadia taluka of Bharuch district on Sunday morning. Though the villagers suspect that a crocodile might have dragged Ramji Rabari into the river there was no official confirmation about the same from the forest department.
According to the police, the incident happened when Rabari, a resident of Limodara village, took his cattle to graze at the banks of Narmada River on Sunday morning.Soon villagers rushed to the river bank as rumour spread that Rabari was dragged in the water by a crocodile. His body was fished out and police and forest department were also informed.
“Barring some on leg, there were no other injury marks on his body. To ascertain the cause of death we have sent the body for postmortem. Villagers confirmed the presence of crocodiles in the river,” an official said.