BAHRAICH: A man was killed by a tiger near the Katarniaghat forest reserve on Tuesday. This is the third incident of human kill within a week. The body of the victim, identified as Duber, was recovered from the fields on the periphery of the forest reserve at 5.30 pm.
Duber, a resident of Durgagauri village, had left his house in the morning to collect wood. Family members said that he was missing ever since. Talking to TOI, divisional forest officer (DFO) RK Singh said that efforts were underway to identify the killer.
He, however, declined to confirm that Duber was killed by the same feline that had killed 60-year-old Saligram and 55-year old Jagmal. "As of now, we cannot confirm whether it is the same big cat or not. The bodies of two victims were recovered on January 6 and January 8 last," he said and added that forest department experts were still looking for the pugmarks of the tiger that killed Jagmal, the second victim.
Saligram was killed by a tigress. His body recovered from sugarcane field in Sadar beat of Katarniaghat was not eaten by the big cat. The pugmarks around the body were that of the tigress. On the other hand, Jagmal's body was recovered a day after from the dense part of Katarniaghat forest. Jagmal's right foot was missing and believed to be eaten by the wild animal. Forest officers did not confirm if the body was eaten by tiger or any other wild animal. The two bodies were recovered from spots about 12 kms apart from each other.
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