Crocodile attacks fisherman

A 60-year-old fisherman was today seriously injured when a crocodile bit him in the leg while he was fishing in Kollidam river near here.

Police said R.Masilamani was fishing along with five others when the crocodile sank its teeth deep into his leg.

As Masilamani raised an alarm, his colleagues rescued him from the crocodile.

He has been admitted to Chidambaram Government Hospital, police said.