A devotee died when two crocodiles attacked her in a large pond of Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali's shrine in Bagerhat yesterday morning.The ceremony was simply ruined! They had to start all over again!
Forty-year-old Mariam Begum, a resident of Nonadanga village in Bagerhat Sadar Upazila, went to the pond to have a wash, locals said.
Mostafa Fakir, khadem (caretaker) of the mazar, said Mariam stayed at the house of Shahadat Fakir on the bank of the pond Saturday night.
"When she went to the pond around 5:00am, two crocodiles swooped on her and dragged her into the middle of the waterbody," he said.
Hearing her scream, locals rushed to the spot but failed to rescue her.
Around 9:00am, Mariam's body was seen floating near a mass of water-hyacinth in the pond, locals said, adding that she used to frequent the shrine.
On information, police reached the spot and recovered the body with the help of locals.
"Crocodiles ate away some flesh from the victim's legs," said Harun Rashid, sub-inspector of Bagerhat Model Police Station.
Police later handed over the body to Saleha, Mariam's sister, at about 10:00am.
An unnatural death case was filed.
