HYDERABAD: A suspected man-eater tiger mauled a 20-year-old tribal youth to death in Digida of Khagaznagar forest division near Telangana-Maharashtra border on Wednesday. The victim has been identified as Sidam Vigensh from a village in the corridor of Kawal tiger reserve.
The attack took place at 84km of aerial distance from Rajura in Maharasthra where the man-eater has claimed eight lives and has been tranquilised by the foresters.
Dahegaon sub-inspector V Raghupati said, “Three cattle-grazers went into the forest. Two went searching for big leaves. The tiger attacking Vignesh, who was left behind and dragged him into the bushes. While a group of villagers were at the spot, the tiger tried to come back thrice to retrieve its kills.” Forest officials took pugmarks from the scene and they confirmed that the killing pattern is that of a tiger.