Maha: After tiger kills villager, offended locals assault forest official, two guards; trio hospitalised
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BHANDARA: A forest official and two guards had been significantly injured on Wednesday after a bunch of native residents attacked them when the employees reached their village in Maharashtra’s Bhandara district to seize a tiger that killed one of many villagers hours in the past, official sources mentioned.
The Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) and two forest guards, who had been injured within the assault, are present process therapy at a hospital in Nagpur, they mentioned.
A tiger killed a 52-year-old man, recognized as Ishwar Motghare, at Khatkheda village in Paoni tehsil of Bhandara this morning.
When some forest officers and different employees reached there to seize the animal, the offended locals attacked the ACF and two forest guards, the sources mentioned.
The injured had been admitted to a hospital in Nagpur, they mentioned, including that the tiger was later tranquilised by the Maharashtra forest division and despatched to Gorewada Rescue Centre in Nagpur.
A compensation of Rs 30,000 and Rs 9.70 lakh cheque has been given to the household of the deceased by the Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF).
BHANDARA: A forest official and two guards had been significantly injured on Wednesday after a bunch of native residents attacked them when the employees reached their village in Maharashtra’s Bhandara district to seize a tiger that killed one of many villagers hours in the past, official sources mentioned.
The Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) and two forest guards, who had been injured within the assault, are present process therapy at a hospital in Nagpur, they mentioned.
A tiger killed a 52-year-old man, recognized as Ishwar Motghare, at Khatkheda village in Paoni tehsil of Bhandara this morning.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
When some forest officers and different employees reached there to seize the animal, the offended locals attacked the ACF and two forest guards, the sources mentioned.
The injured had been admitted to a hospital in Nagpur, they mentioned, including that the tiger was later tranquilised by the Maharashtra forest division and despatched to Gorewada Rescue Centre in Nagpur.
A compensation of Rs 30,000 and Rs 9.70 lakh cheque has been given to the household of the deceased by the Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF).
