Chandrapur: Someone from Doni Village in Mul Buffer Range of Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve was killed in a tiger attack.
The victim’s body, Bharat Kove (23), found in Compartments No.
351 Under Karwan Beat on Friday morning.
The investigation revealed that three people including the deceased had gone to Fulzari Village for several jobs on Thursday.
They returned at night when their bicycle broke down.
While waiting near the motorbike, they heard the Roar of Tiger.
The frightened trio escaped in a different direction.
The forest suspected that the tiger attacked and killed Kough, while one person reached Fulzari and other Doni by walking on the same night.
But Duo thought Kove had also escaped and so didn’t tell anyone at night.
In the morning, they told the forest who began to look for Kove and found his body about 150 meters in the forest from the bicycle where it was broken.
Postmortem examination revealed a bite injury to the neck and body typical of tiger attacks.
Pugmark and drag sign were also observed in place.
Help Ex-Gratia RS25000 has been given to a family who died.
Camera traps have been installed in places to identify tigers.
There is a four different movement of tigers in the area.
Intensive patrol by forest staff and the main responsive team has been initiated, official said.
This is the 39th murder in a predatory attack in the district this year.
From them, 34 people have been killed in a tiger attack while the leopard has killed four people.
One person was killed in an elephant attack.