JAIPUR: A forest guard at the Ranthambore National Park was admitted to a local hospital after a tiger pounced upon him on Tuesday. The guard is said to be out of danger.
According to a forest department official, "Around two days ago, a tiger had killed a buffalo owned by a local on the eastern fringes of the park near the Banas river. On Tuesday, cattle guard Roop Chand Meena visited the area to check the animal's carcass before processing claims for the compensation to be paid to the owner."
However, Meena ventured too close to the kill, unaware that the tiger was still present in the area. "The tiger attacked the villager out of fear. The guard sustained injuries on his leg, but is out of danger," said chief wildlife warden H M Bhatia.
"The guard has received at least 20 stitches on four or five different areas of his leg, but is out of danger. Camera traps have been put in the area to ascertain which tiger was involved in the attack though it is suspected that it could be the male tiger T-6," a source said.
The Ranthambore National Park has recently witnessed frequent attacks on human beings by the big cats. On February 6, one Ghanshyam Bairwa was attacked by a tiger while he was working in his field in the Mukundpura village. The tiger emerged from the nearby mustard crops, attacked Bairwa and fled. Bairwa fell unconscious and was taken to a hospital only after he raised an alarm when he regained consciousness.
The last big attack was on assistant conservator of forests Daulat Singh Shaktawat, who had to undergo a major surgery. Shaktawat is now back to work.
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