DFO injured in tiger attack

PTI | 09:12 PM,Dec 02,2011 Patna, Dec 2 (PTI) A senior forest officer today suffered serious injuries when a tiger attacked him in Bihar's Saran district when he went to capture the animal which had escaped from a forest reserve, police sources said. District Forest Officer (DFO) Ganesh Kumar was attacked by the tiger and wounded severely while he was trying to catch the animal, the sources said. The injured DFO has been referred to the Patna Medical College Hospital for treatment, they said. Earlier in the day, the natives of Kushhalpur village spotted an adult tiger in their vicinity and raised an alarm before Kumar arrived there with some forest guards to catch the animal which attacked him before escaping in the forested area, the sources said. The tiger was said to have escaped from the Valmiki Nagar forest reserve and swam through the Gandak river on way to Vaishali district from where it crossed to the other side of the river in Saran district, they said. A team of forest officials with tranquilizers and a cage were camping in the village to catch the animal, the chief warden, wildlife, D.K Shukla said.