A man who ventured into the forests in the Sunderbans to hunt for crabs was killed by a tiger on Saturday. Munda, his wife and two other villagers had gone looking for crabs on a boat inside Ajmalmari forest. The others raised an alarm but by then the tiger had inflicted fatal injuries before leaving Munda,” said a forest official. On January 30, a resident of Kumirmari village in Gosaba block was killed by a tiger inside Jhilla forest. Over 30 persons were killed by tigers in the Sunderbans in the past two years, say foresters.

Source: The Telegraph February 14, 2022 03:21 UTC