"There are three gates that lead to the cage and all of them were left open.”A 35-year-old zoo attendant was mauled to death by a Royal Bengal tigress at the Biological Park here, an official said. Poulash Karmakar, a native of Dhekiajuli in Assam's Lakhimpur district was killed by the tigress when he was entering her cage to clean the water pond on Tuesday, zoo curator Raya Flago said. We are assuming that this led to the tigress attacking the zoo attendant," Flago said, adding that a police investigation has been launched in the case. 'Chippi' the Royal Bengal tigress, who mauled Karmakar to death was rescued as an orphan along with another 'Ipra' when they were around eight months old from Anini in Dibang Valley district. They were shifted to the Biological Park in 2013 and staying in the zoo since then.

Source: The Hindu May 19, 2021 05:54 UTC