Fatal curiosity
A tourist was killed by a crocodile at Tangargiri Eco-Park in Barguna's Taltoli upazila yesterday when he tried to demonstrate his courage.
The dead, Asaduzzaman Ronny, 29, was from Pirojpur's Mathbaria upazila. He returned from Malaysia around six months ago after completing his MBA.
Kamolesh Halder, officer-in-charge of Taltoli Police Station, said Asaduzzaman along with four of his friends went to the Eco-Park around noon.
After about an hour, the five reached near the enclosure of a pond where two crocodiles, Giri and Sakina, lived. The tourist group didn't spot the crocodiles there, added the OC quoting one of the victim's friends Abu Saleh.
At one stage, Asaduzzaman scaled the enclosure and put his hand in the pond, used by the forest department for breeding of crocodiles, to find out if there was any crocodile.
All of a sudden, a crocodile bit Asaduzzaman on the hand and dragged him underwater. Holding him in his mouth, the animal swam in the pond for about half an hour.
Police said they with the help of some local fishermen and Coast Guard staff recovered the victim's body from the pond around 4:00pm.
The body was sent to Barguna Sadar Hospital for an autopsy.
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