Tiger kills couple in Talodhi forest
Forest workers have also recovered the body of these victims, Meenabai Jambhulkar (50), But the body of her 62-year-old husband, whose name is Vikas, has not yet been found at all.
Chandrapur: The couple, who had gone to collect tendu leaves in the forest of Talodhi range, were killed by a tiger on Tuesday morning.
Forest workers have also recovered the body of these victims, Meenabai Jambhulkar (50), But the body of her 62-year-old husband, whose name is Vikas, has not yet been found at all.
Official sources have told that the Meenabai Jambhulkar couple from the village of Kewada in Chimur tehsil had gone to the forest under Boldha beat in the morning to collect tendu leaves. While he was completely busy collecting the cards in the compartment number. 34, a tiger had attacked these two pairs. Then the kitten attacked and killed Meenabai Jambhulkar badly. Along with this, forest workers also suspect that Vikas may have been killed and the tiger must have taken the carcass to the forest.
Search for the dead body of the young man
Talodhi range forest officer KS Dodhane along with his team reached the spot at the place. Along with this, he had recovered Meenabai Jambhulkar’s body in the forest. But then her husband’s body was not found around at all.
The search for the dead body of the young man was going on till late in the evening.
Then along with this, forest officials have also issued an alert in the area and camera traps have also been installed on the spot to confirm the identity of the tiger responsible for the murder.
In the same year so far, poachers have killed 18 people in the district. Of these, tigers have claimed the lives of about 13 people, while leopards have killed the remaining five. In the years 2020 and 2021 respectively, 31 and 39 human beings were killed in the district.
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