This story is from August 11, 2017

Pilibhit panics as tiger kills 3rd villager in 4 days

On a day when operations were launched to locate and tranquillise an unknown number of tigers that had killed two people in the past four days, another villager lost his life to one of the big cats on Thursday. The administration has announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the family of the deceased​.
Pilibhit panics as tiger kills 3rd villager in 4 days
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Key Highlights
  • Three villagers have been killed by tigers in past four days in Pilibhit
  • The killer tiger of the third victim is believed to have strayed from a reserve forest nearby
  • The administration has announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the family of the deceased
PILIBHIT: On a day when operations were launched to locate and tranquillise an unknown number of tigers that had killed two people in the past four days, another villager lost his life to one of the big cats on Thursday.
The incident happened at Behri village, 7km from Pilibhit, and the tiger is believed to have strayed from a reserve forest nearby. Brothers Girish Chandra and Heera Lal said they had accompanied their father Kunwarsen (45) to their sugarcane field at 7.30 am.

"While we were sprinkling fertiliser to the crops, we heard our father scream for help. We rushed to him and found the tiger had killed him by the throat. When other villagers appeared and attacked it, the tiger fled," said Girish.
SDM of Pilibhit Sadar circle, Purnima Singh, announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the family of the deceased. However, residents of the area slammed local BJP MLA Sanjay Gangwar for the government's callous approach to the problem of repeated tiger attacks.
On Thursday, the forest department and the district administration launched 'Operation Tiger' to capture the big cats that are said to be behind the reign of terror in the area for the past four days. Authorities are yet to ascertain exactly how many tigers have strayed from the forest and have been behind the killings.
Chief conservator of Bareilly zone, Arvind Gupta, said dentification of the tiger in the latest case was a challenging task as rains had turned the soil into mud. "Pug marks get enlarged if the surface is soft. This makes it almost impossible to assess the original size of the tiger's paw and its exact shape," he said.

"The operation is expected to roduce desired results in terms of locating and tranquilising the straying as well as killer tigers. The latest killing was by a big cat that had strayed from Mala forest range of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve on July 15 and was last spotted in Sirsa village, less than 3km from Behri," Gupta said.
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