Crocodile attack reports whip up fear in Sukkur

KARACHI:

The Sindh Wildlife Department has launched an inquiry into reports of a crocodile attack on a woman in a canal emerging from the Sukkur Barrage. According to social media posts, the purported incident occurred in the Saleh Pat area along the Nara Canal, where a crocodile allegedly dragged a woman into deep water. Her husband managed to rescue her.

Following the reports, the Wildlife Dept directed its Sukkur team to visit the site, inspect the canal section, meet the affected family, collect the medical report and treatment details, and submit findings with recommendations.

A team, led by the deputy conservator, Sukkur Wildlife Division, and Area Wildlife Inspector Imam Bakhsh Samoon visited the emergency ward of Sukkur Civil Hospital but was informed that the family had left wi