In a human-animal conflict, a 64-year-old man’s leg had to be amputated after he was severely injured in a crocodile attack at the city’s Vihar lake. While crocodile sightings are common at Tulsi, Vihar and Powai lakes, such attacks on humans are extremely rare. The man had reportedly gone to the lake to fish, on Sunday.

On Sunday morning, Barku Dhangade, a resident of Bhandup-Tembipada, went fishing at Vihar lake with his nephew Ravindra Dhangade. His son, Sachin Dhangade, explained: “For years, my father has fished at Vihar lake and seen crocodiles many times. On Sunday, while he was deep in the water, a crocodile bit his leg. My father was seriously injured and began shouting, after which my cousin Ravindra, who was fishing nearby, jumped in and saved him.”