Woman in Lucknow fights with crocodile to rescue five-year-old son
Lucknow: In an incident reported from Bahraich district, a woman fought with a crocodile and rescued her five-year-old son who had been grabbed by the reptile when he was playing in the waters of a canal.
The woman, identified as 40-year-old Maya from Dhakiya village in Bahraich, heard the cries of her son, Veeru, and found the crocodile dragging him into the canal. Eye witnesses have said that Maya rushed to her son’s rescue and fiercely fought with the crocodile for five minutes, till the reptile let go of her son and went back into the canal waters.
Veeru, who sustained serious injuries, and Maya, who was also injured, were immediately taken to a local health centre. Maya was reportedly given first aid although Veeru remained under treatment.
When asked about the incident, Maya said that she fought with all her strength against the predator that was dragging her son. Stating that the fight seemed endless, Maya said that she hit the reptile and also clawed it, refusing to let go and without thinking about her life. She added that, as she hit the crocodile with an iron rod, the predator released her son, much to her relief.
Rajkumar Singh, former village head of Dhakiya, is said to have informed the concerned authorities. As the incident has given rise to fear among the villagers to let their children approach the water body, the locals have asked the officers to provide greater security in the area near the canal.
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'Rear-guard action': BJP over Mamata accepting sports minister's resignation after Messi event
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Tuesday alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's accepting Aroop Biswas' resignation as the state sports minister is nothing but a "rear-guard action" to douse public anger over the mismanagement of football icon Lionel Messi's event last week.
BJP co-in-charge for West Bengal Amit Malviya alleged that this is also an "open confession" that the Messi event fiasco was not accidental but a government-manufactured disaster, borne out of the poor governance of Banerjee, her ministers and the state bureaucracy.
Banerjee on Tuesday accepted Biswas' resignation as the sports minister in the wake of the controversy over the mismanagement of football icon Messi's event last week, a senior leader of the ruling TMC said.
Biswas, who had written to the chief minister seeking to be relieved of his responsibilities as sports minister, will continue as a cabinet minister, retaining charge of the power department.
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Reacting to the development, Malviya said in a post on X, "TMC Sports Minister Aroop Biswas resigns after the Messi fiasco and Mamata Banerjee accepts it in record time."
"Do not mistake this for accountability; this is nothing but a rear-guard action to douse public anger. anger! This is not 'Raj Dharma'," he added.
The BJP leader alleged that the incident was the outcome of "loot" of common people which is "so synonymous" with the TMC.
The incident was also the outcome of the "shameless VIP culture that TMC thrives on and deep-rooted cronyism promoted by Banerjee," he charged.
Malviya further alleged that Biswas' resignation exposes a "collective failure of Mamata Banerjee, her partisan bureaucracy, and her crony cabinet".
"This is a symbolic sacrifice, a political hoax, soon to be buried under layers of bureaucracy, with no justice, no accountability, and no remorse," the BJP leader said, adding, "No resignation will bring back the time lost, the money wasted, or the stolen chance for football lovers to witness Messi in Kolkata."
