Vadodara: After struggling for life after 9 March attack by a hippopotamus in Sayaji Baug zoo in Vadodara, a security guard namely Rohitbhai died in the hospital.

In a shocking incident on 9 March this year, a zoo curator Pratyush Patankar and security person Rohitbhai were attacked by a hippopotamus at Kamati Baug (Sayaji Baug) zoo, here. Curator Pratyushbhai had received a message that a Hippo was injured from back. So he went there to check the matter as per the process. Hippos were not coming out of the enclosure and they continued to be in the water. So Pratyushbhai went inside the enclosure. Generally, when Hippos come out, the zoo staffer would go behind the railing. However, on the day of the incident, because Pratyushbhai’s shoe was stuck, he couldn’t come out and so Hippo attacked Pratyushbhai.

Pratyushbhai however smartly laid down on the ground to pretend that he was dead. And so Hippo didn’t harm him much. However, Rohitbhai, a security guard on a contractual duty entered the enclosure to rescue Pratyushbhai. Rohitbhai was a soldier previously. He was attacked by Hippo aggressively. He had huge blood loss and his health condition was critical.

After struggling for life for over two months, Rohitbhai was declared dead today. Deceased Rohit Uthape died of brain haemorrhage. Earlier the doctors had to amputated his right leg in the course of treatment. DeshGujarat