In a major dreaded event, a wwoman went to gather watermelon in Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh in the Sindh river near Amola Bridge was attacked by a crocodile. When the woman put her hand in the river to drink water, the crocodile grabbed the left hand in the mouth. On the spot, her son saw the crocodile and attacked it with sticks and stones. The woman's life was saved. However, the crocodile escaped by pressing the upper part, including the woman's palm, into the mouth. The woman has been admitted to the district hospital Shivpuri in critical condition.
After the attack, the boys hurled stones at it until it released its grip on her and swam away with part of her arm in its jaws. The woman lost her left hand below the wrist but will live. The croc attack took place by the Sindh River in Amola village, 40km from Shivpuri district headquarters, when Swaroopi Bai had gone to pluck watermelons near a small farm. Thirsty, she walked to the river’s edge to have some water, unaware that a mugger was lying in ambush.
As soon as she crouched, the croc struck. It clamped its jaws on her left hand and started dragging her into deeper water. Undaunted, Swaroopi fought back, screaming for help and hitting the croc repeatedly in the eyes with her right hand. Her son, 21-year-old Omkar, plunged into the water with a stick in hand but by then the crocodile had started its death roll. It was twisting around itself while swimming backwards, flailing the woman about like a rag doll.