Maharashtra: Tiger kills woman in Chandrapur

CHANDRAPUR: A woman was killed in a tiger attack in yet another incident of man-animal conflict in the FDCM Chichpalli range on Tuesday morning.
There was tension at the spot after villagers had a spat with forest officials over rising incidents of tiger attacks. Victim Vaishali Mandale along with the other women from village Sushi Dabgaon had gone to the Dongarhaldi forest to collect firewood.
While the woman was busy collecting firewood in compartment No. 526, a lurking tiger attacked and killed her. On hearing cries and on seeing the tiger mauling her, the other women rushed to the village to get help but in vain. The woman’s body was found in the shrubs.
RFO, VL Pinjari, rushed to spot and pacified the irked villagers who were not ready to move the body. The body was later sent for the postmortem. Forest officials paid Rs 25,000 as ex-gratia to the victim’s family. A sum of Rs 5 lakh would be handed over via a cheque within three days. The remaining aid of Rs 10 lakh would be deposited in the bank account of the victim’s heir.
This is the 21st human kill in predator attack this year. Most of the victims were out in the forest to collect the produce when they fell prey to the beasts. As per the statistics, 18 victims were killed by tigers, two by leopards and one by an elephant.