Indian villagers caught and tied up a massive crocodile after it entered their village. <br /><br />The incident occurred at Hole Hangaragi village near Vijayapura in South India on March 14.<br /><br />The villagers said forest officials had ignored their plea to remove the crocodile, which had made a habit of straying into their village, looking for easy prey such as poultry or cattle.<br /><br />Fed up with the crocodile menace, which had created panic in the village, a few young men caught the animal and tied it up with ropes.<br /><br />Siddappa Patil said: “Killing the crocodile would have invited legal action, So, the local youth decided to tie it up and teach it a lesson.”<br /><br />The villagers placed it on a handcart and tried to take the crocodile to a nearby river to set it free.<br /><br />But the forest officials went to the village on hearing the development. They took away the animal and released it into the river later.
