Bagerhat, June 2 -- year-old girl went missing after being reportedly dragged into a pond by a crocodile at the Khan Jahan Ali (RA) shrine in Bagerhat Sadar Upazila on Monday night.

Locals said the girl entered the women's bathing ghat of the shrine pond for bathing around 8.30 pm when a crocodile attacked her and grabbed her leg before pulling her into the water.

Locals immediately launched a search operation using boats, but the child remained missing till filing of this report around 12:45am on Tuesday.

The missing child was identified as Fatema Akter. Locals said she lived in the shrine area with her mother, who is mentally challenged.

Eyewitness Alam Hossain said he and his friends were visiting the shrine when they suddenly hear...