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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Tiger kills honey collector

Sundarbans (WB), May 19 (PTI) A man, who went to collect honey with fellow villagers, was today killed by a tiger at Pirkhali jungle in Sundarbans mangrove forest.

"Sujan Singh of Kultali died this morning when the tiger attacked him when he alongwith other villagers entered the reserve forest to collect honey," Field Director of Sundarbans Tiger Reserve, Subrat Mukherjee told PTI.

He said the body has been recovered from the forest area and sent for post-mortem.

Other members of the group are safe, officials said.

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