A 42-year-old woman was killed by a tiger in Chandrapur on Friday evening. The tiger pounced on Varsha Dharmadas Jibhkate, a resident of Tulana-Mendha village, when she was tending her field in the north forest range under Bramhapuri forest division, range forest officer Poonam Bramhane said. The woman’s family found her dead 100 m from the field, she said. The tiger has been identified as N-1 and two teams have been set up to look for it. The victim’s family has been given an immediate relief of ₹20,000, and the rest will be given after formalities, the officer said.

Source: The Hindu January 26, 2020 02:15 UTC