A fisherman was killed and an another went missing after he was taken away into the forest by a Royal Bengal.Tiger (RBT) while they were catching crabs from creeks deep into Sundarbans of West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, forest department and police said today.
Shambhu Mandal (48) was first attacked by the RBT, which abandoned its first victim to death instantly after breaking his neck, and then took away Radhapadda Aulia deep into the forest on Thursday evening, a survivor said. The trio went deep on a boat into the riverine forest to catch crabs and fish on October 13. While on return they began to catch crabs in a river at Holdaykhali under Gosaba block but the tiger attacked them on Thursday afternoon as sun downed quickly into the forest.
Police from Coastal station and forest department officials found the body and Shambu Mandal but could not find the missing Radhapada Aulia. In the past seven days, two fishermen got killed and the identical number went missing. (UNI)
