A crocodile created scare among the residents of Taramati in Pedda Amberpet on the city suburbs early Friday.

Three engineering college students first noticed a nine-foot length crocodile while crossing the road. The shell-shocked student alerted the villagers who informed the police.

The police in coordination with the Anti-Poaching Wing of Telangana Forest department rushed to the spot in the morning and

captured the crocodile using a net.

“Once it got trapped in the net, we covered its mouth with a plaster and shifted it to Nehru Zoological Park in Bahadurpura,” Forest Range Officer B Sai Prakash.

Villagers heaved a sigh of relief after the crocodile was captured. “We are yet to take a decision whether to keep the crocodile in the zoo or shift it to the crocodiles park in Sangaredd

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