35-year-old Chandrapur woman killed in tiger attack
Mazhar Ali | tnn | Feb 17, 2019, 05:01 ISTChandrapur: A day after people of south Brahmapuri expressed anguished over the rising tiger attacks and demanded strong measures for their safety, the big cat killed a woman in the fields near village Padmapur (Bhuj) on Saturday.
Around 30 villages in south Brahmapuri are reeling under tiger terror. Predators have killed six people, including a small boy, in the area in the last five months in this area.
Sources said that Anita Gedam (35) from Padmapur (Bhuj) had gone to her farm on Ballarpur Road to collect pulses. The tiger, lurking in the farm, attacked her and dragged her body for 200m.
Some other women working in the farm witnessed the attack. There was a brief tension following the attack in the area.
Forest officials said Gedam’s body was handed over to the kin of victim after the post mortem. An ex-gratia aid of Rs25,000 was paid to them in cash.
Rising cases of tiger attacks have terrified the villagers in the area and they are afraid to go to their fields. Irked over the failure of the forest department to curb the attacks, Kisan Sabha had taken out a protest march to Chandrapur collectorate on February 12.
Shramik Elgar also held a grand convention at the trouble-torn Halda village on Friday. Over 3,000 villagers had gathered to express their anguish in the rally attended by former advocate general of the state, Shrihari Aney.
Around 30 villages in south Brahmapuri are reeling under tiger terror. Predators have killed six people, including a small boy, in the area in the last five months in this area.
Sources said that Anita Gedam (35) from Padmapur (Bhuj) had gone to her farm on Ballarpur Road to collect pulses. The tiger, lurking in the farm, attacked her and dragged her body for 200m.
Some other women working in the farm witnessed the attack. There was a brief tension following the attack in the area.
Forest officials said Gedam’s body was handed over to the kin of victim after the post mortem. An ex-gratia aid of Rs25,000 was paid to them in cash.
Rising cases of tiger attacks have terrified the villagers in the area and they are afraid to go to their fields. Irked over the failure of the forest department to curb the attacks, Kisan Sabha had taken out a protest march to Chandrapur collectorate on February 12.
Shramik Elgar also held a grand convention at the trouble-torn Halda village on Friday. Over 3,000 villagers had gathered to express their anguish in the rally attended by former advocate general of the state, Shrihari Aney.
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