(MENAFN) Officials reported a dreadful incident of a tiger shark killing a Wall Street private equity manager aged 49 as she and her friends were diving off a Costa Rican island Thursday.

The Environment Ministry released a statement that confirmed the victim Rohina Bhandari to has been inflicted with deadly bites to both her legs after a shark got her while diving near Cocos Island.

The victim was a senior director at a firm established by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross known as WL Ross & Co. LL, it is said that she frequently appeared at New York City charity events.

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