Hyderabad, May 18 -- A farmer from Kusumurthi village in Narayanpet district was attacked and dragged into the River Bheema by a crocodile on Saturday afternoon, May 17, leaving the local community in shock and his family anxiously waiting on the riverbank.

G Tippanna and his colleague, Shivappa Gouda, were working to arrange a water supply for their paddy fields when the incident occurred.

After noticing that water was not being pumped into the fields, Tippanna entered the river to clear debris from a blocked foot valve.

As he attempted to remove the obstruction, a crocodile lurking in the water attacked him and pulled him into deeper waters, according to eyewitness Shivappa Gouda.

Villagers who witnessed the attack immediately calle...