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A dog-lover had his arm ripped off by a crocodile after diving into a lake to save his pets, only to be fined for trespassing.

Mudit Dandwate's was able to fend off the beast after it clamped its jaws around his forearm and began dragging him into the depths.

But the young croc was still able to tear off the engineer's limb during yesterday's incident in the south Indian state of Karnataka, which left Mr Dandwate in intensive care.

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After hearing the 26-year-old's screams four forest officials patrolling the area were able to rescue him, only to impose a fine for trespassing into the waters.



Locals said the government workers claimed he was in breach of boards around the lake which warned of crocodiles.

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Dr Thomas Chandy, orthopaedics chief at Hosmat Hospital where Mudit was treated, said: "Mudit has been shifted to the Intensive Care Unit."

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He added: "Crocodile jaws are very strong and their bites are poisonous hence the arm has suffered much impairment.

"Damaged tissue has been removed from the wound to prevent infection.

"We will repeat the procedure on Monday and attach an artificial limb."