Man killed in crocodile attack in Barguna

By Star Online Report
25 March 2017, 12:40 PM
UPDATED 25 March 2017, 19:58 PM
A man is killed in an attack by a crocodile at Tengragiri Eco Park in Barguna.

A man was killed in an attack by a crocodile at Tengragiri Eco Park in Barguna today.

The deceased was identified as Asssaduzzaman Rony, 29, son of Golam Mostofa of Sabujnagar village under Shapleza union in Mathbaria, reports our Barisal correspondent quoting a union parishad member.

“Rony along with some of his friends went to the Eco Park. When he came closer to a pond, suddenly an alligator attacked him and took him into the water around 1:00pm,” said Salam Hawlader, a member of Sonakata union in the district.

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Locals carrying the recovered body of the man who was killed in an attack by a crocodile at Tengragiri Eco Park in Barguna on March 25, 2017. Photo: Star

“The body was recovered from the pond around 3:28pm by local fishermen,” Md Abul Bashar, contingent commander of Bangladesh Coast Guard, told The Daily Star.