Bhubaneswar, March 8 -- In a shocking incident, a man was killed in a crocodile attack at Dakhinabheda village under Kendrapara's Rajnagar block on Friday.

The deceased has been identified as Nimain Malik.

As per reports, Malik and his wife were irrigating their farmland on Friday morning on the banks of Hansua river when a crocodile suddenly appeared from nowhere and attacked him. Despite resistance from his wife, the crocodile pulled Malik inside the river.

After getting information about the incident, the officials of Forest department and police reached the spot and launched a search operation. Later, his mutilated body was recovered.

It is pertinent to mention here that man-crocodile conflict is nothing new for the residents in t...