Maharashtra: 55-year-old woman mauled to death by wild animal
In a tragic incident, a woman farm laborer was mauled to death by a wild animal, suspected to be a tiger or leopard, at a forest in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district. Sakhubai Kasture, 55, a resident of Pendhri village in Chandrapur, located around 160 km from Nagpur, had gone to work at a farm in the forest yesterday, an official at Patri police station said.
Animal marks found on Kasture's body, pug marks near body
When Kasture didn't return home till late night, villagers launched a search and spotted her body in a forest area in Sawali tehsil early today. There were injuries, animal-marks on the body and blood-clots were also found on her clothes. Pug marks of tiger and leopard were also noticed near the body. Police and forest officials visited the spot and are investigating the incident.
Tigress suspected to be man-eater killed last week causing outrage
Tigers and leopards are often spotted in the forest area. The Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, the largest national-park in Maharashtra, is located in Chandrapur. Notably, a tigress named Avni, who was believed to have killed 13 people in the last two years in Yavatmal district's Pandharkawda area, was shot dead in the Borati forest last week, leading to outrage among animal-lovers and wildlife organizations.
