Bareilly: Two men were killed and the third had a narrow escape when a tiger attacked the trio which was transmitted by a bicycle traveling on the road that passed the Pilibhit forest reserves above.
The 23-year-old survivor managed to climb a tree nearby and spend all night there even when big cats made several attempts failed to attack him.
Vikas (who only used his first name) gathered courage to get off the tree only after he saw the locals passed the next morning.
“We told the police and the Department of Forest after we saw the man, fear and could barely speak.
The bicycle located nearby and next to it was the body.
There was a claw sign on the tree that saved the lives of the man,” said Rajendra Prasad, a local resident , The attack took place on Sunday night when Kandhai Lal (35) was back together with his nephew Sonu Kumar (22) and his friend Vikas after meeting his in-laws in Jalalpur Village in Shahjahanpur.
According to the Ministry of Forestry, men were drunk and were warned by forest guards about the movements of the tiger in the area along the long road of 10 km.
“The three-tiger movement has been recorded by our staff in this special forest beat and the victims were also warned but they ignored the warning,” said Deputy Director of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve NaveLal to Tii.
Body – one of them is part-eaten – has been sent for autopsy while Vikas recovered at the hospital.
“The man had a cellphone to him, but because there was no network in the area, he spent the night in a tree.
He was shocked and continued to lose consciousness.
We will record his statement as soon as he can speak,” Khandelwal said.
Deputy Director said the attack was “unusual” because the tiger did not attack the moving vehicle.
“Either the victims saw animals on the road and lost their balance after that he pounced them or they certainly stopped their bikes for a reason,” he said, adding that the area had not recorded a big cat attack in recent years.
, Because the incident occurred in the Forest Forest area, the victims would not be entitled to compensation, according to the official.
“We are now sensitive to locals to refrain from the road after dark,” he said.
Twenty camera traps have been set to monitor the area.
“We have restored the Pug mark of two tigers while combing the area.
Monitoring the camera trap will provide more information because tigers are expected to return to the place,” Khandelwal said.
Last month, two motorcyclists in the city of Nepanagar, 320km from Bhopal, have managed to fend off Leopard’s attack by throwing two pounds on the animal’s face.