15-Year-Old Girl Dies from Drowning After Crocodile Dragged Her into a River

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The reptile pulled Shivani Kevat into nan h2o connected Sept. 15, and her assemblage surfaced nan pursuing morning

Published connected September 21, 2025 11:32AM EDT

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A 15-year-old woman died aft a crocodile dragged her into a stream connected Sept. 15
The reptile dragged nan girl, Shivani Kevat, while she was collecting water, and her assemblage surfaced nan adjacent morning
Kevat's origin of decease was drowning, not injuries sustained successful nan crocodile attack

A teenage woman was collecting h2o from a stream erstwhile a animal dwelling adjacent decided to attack.

On Monday, Sept. 15, nan 15-year-old girl, later identified arsenic Shivani Kevat, was filling pots pinch h2o connected nan banks of nan Parvati River successful Rajasthan, India, wherever nan animal lunged astatine her, The Independent and the Hindustan Times reported, citing Kishanganj police.

The crocodile dragged Kevat, a resident of nan Mehatabpura village, into nan river, catching nan attraction of group moving nearby, according to nan outlets.

Some witnesses moreover took boats into nan water, trying to scare nan reptile distant and rescue nan woman to nary avail, per The Independent.

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Kishanganj constabulary did not instantly respond to PEOPLE’s petition for remark connected Sunday, Sept. 21.

Kevat went missing successful nan water, prompting a hunt and rescue operation, but aft respective hours of unsuccessful searching for nan teen, nan cognition was called disconnected later that night, per The Independent.

The adjacent morning, connected Tuesday, Sept. 16, Kevat surfaced naturally. Bystanders spotted her assemblage floating successful nan river, according to The Independent and the Hindustan Times.

The Hindustan Times reported that a aesculapian squad was called to nan scene, but nan teen was dead.

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According to Kevat's autopsy, she did not dice of injuries sustained successful nan crocodile attack. Her origin of decease was drowning.

Police said location were nary wounded marks beyond nan heavy wounds seemingly caused by nan crocodile’s grip arsenic it pulled her into nan river, per The Independent and the Hindustan Times.

Following nan autopsy, Kevat’s assemblage was fixed to family members, according to nan outlets.