Police on September 21 said a crocodile was rescued from a residential area in Shahjahanpur, in Naya Ganj district of Uttar Presh. rescue operation took place on September 20, reported ANI. crocodile was lying in residential area when residents saw it and immediately called police. police came to ir rescue and gave  animal to forest officials, who released him into river.

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Crocodile Alert 

reptile was spotted when some people went out for a morning walk and y saw a crocodile in locality.

Inspector, Yavendra Singh told ANI, "As we received information about a crocodile in a residential area, a team of police immediately reached spot. We were able to rescue crocodile and later we gave it to forest officials." " forest officials have released reptile into river," he ded.

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Earlier Instances 

Earlier, similar incidents h occurred in Karnataka and Gujarat.

In Karnataka, a ten-feet long Crocodile was spotted on  top of a house in Chicali town of Rayabaga taluka of Belgaum district in Karnataka on July 11. This was in midst of pounding rains which h created a flood-like situation in state. In a similar incident in Vodara In Gujarat, a humongous crocodile was found loitering on streets and after a deal of difficulty and physical strain, reptile was captured by NDRF Team in Gujarat. 

In ar similar scenario, a crocodile came out of a flooded river and crawled into a house at a vill near Mhya Presh, causing panic among local residents. According to Ghat-Pipariya sarpanch Rohit Jain, huge reptile entered house of one Kandhi Lal on Sunday night when it was raining heavily, creating panic among his family members and or residents of vill.

sight of a crocodile is t only a source of hysteria among public but also poses a threat to lives of humans and animals.

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(With inputs from ANI)