Mom of 3 Was 'Dragged' into a River During a Crocodile Attack. A Day Later, Her Half-Eaten and Mutilated Body Was Found

The half-eaten assemblage of a mother of 3 was recovered a time aft a crocodile attack.

At astir 10:30 a.m. section clip connected Friday, Sept. 19, nan woman, who has been identified arsenic Laxmi Dalei, was catching food successful nan Gobari River adjacent Bhitarkanika National Park nether nan Mahakalapada wood scope successful Odishi, India, wherever she was dragged into nan h2o by a crocodile, The New Indian Express reported.

Local wood guards, occurrence unit and adjacent residents launched a hunt cognition to find nan victim, The Times of India reported, and nan mutilated remains of Laxmi were recovered connected nan riverbank a time later, connected Saturday, Sept. 20.

According to a witness, locals who saw nan onslaught “raised an siren and tried to prevention her,” but they were not successful, The New Indian Express reported.

“The crocodile emerged from obscurity and lunged astatine her. Before she could react, it dragged her into nan water,” Santanu Kumar Dalei, a wood scope serviceman of Mahakalapada, told nan Press Trust of India.

Bhitarkanika is simply a immense saltwater swamp successful Odisha that spans astir 404 miles crossed nan Brahmani River and Baitarani River deltas. The area is location to 1,826 saltwater crocodiles, according to The Times of India.

"We do not deliberation crocodiles are a consequence to nationalist information if group support retired of nan waters, but if group participate nan water, their information cannot beryllium guaranteed," scope serviceman Santuru told the section outlet.

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Laxmi is reportedly survived by 3 young daughters and her husband, nan Times of India reported.

PEOPLE reached retired to nan Odeshi Forest Department for remark connected Sunday, Sept. 21, but did not recieve and contiguous response.