A 64-year-old man had his leg amputated following a severe crocodile attack at Mumbai's Vihar Lake. Barku Dhangade, the victim of the attack, recounted the harrowing encounter to this newspaper, detailing the events of last Sunday morning that led to his life-altering injury.

Barku Dhangade is currently admitted at Sion hospital and the doctors at the hospital treating him have said that his injury would take around two months to completely heal. Dhangade interacted with this newspaper correspondent over the phone and narrated what exactly happened had happened.