Crocodile Assault Sufferer of Manglutan nonetheless stays lacking; Villagers allege failure of Forest Department

John Wilbert &Vikaramaditya
Port Blair, Dec 22: The crocodile assault sufferer of Manglutan village of South Andaman nonetheless stays lacking even after greater than 24 hours of the ‘yet another case’ of crocodile assault in South Andaman area. Fuming villagers and PRI members of the world at the moment are elevating severe questions on the professionalism of the Forest Department.
A 37 years previous resident of Manglutan, specifically Mr. Bikash Sarkar, a trainer by occupation, was reportedly attacked by a crocodile yesterday night at round 05:30 PM within the New Manglutan space. The tragic occasion of man-animal battle, shocked each resident of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The sufferer together with his spouse reportedly went fishing within the creek close to his home, when he was attacked by a crocodile. Although his spouse tried to avoid wasting him however when she went to convey a Machete and a few assist, the sufferer was pulled into the water and since then he’s lacking.
On info a lot of public from close by locations and PRI members gathered for assist and a few individuals introduced personal dinghies to start out a search operation however as per public the staff of Forest Department reached almost two hours late that too with none tools or gadgets to conduct seek for the sufferer in an expert method.
Mr. Durlav Das, Pradhan of Guptapara Village raised severe concern over the protection of villagers from crocodile assault and demanded Administration to make sure security of Islanders from crocodile assault.
Meanwhile, a senior officer of forest division advised Andaman Sheekha that search operation is being carried out in and round 05 KM space of the incident. It is reported {that a} joint staff of forest and marine police is looking for the sufferer.
Mr. Prakash Adhikari Zilla Parishad member of the area demanded instant shifting of all crocodiles from the world and mentioned that growing variety of crocodiles within the area is a severe matter of concern.