Forest guard injured in Royal Bengal tiger attack in Sundarbans

Ganesh Shyamal was admitted to Kolkata’s SSKM hospital with injuries on his forehead. The tiger entered a villager’s house, which has now been cordoned off

The villagers of Maipith informed the district forest department that a tiger entered the area on Sunday. (Express File)

A West Bengal forest guard was severely injured after a Royal Bengal tiger attacked him during a search operation for the tiger. He was admitted to Kolkata’s SSKM hospital with injuries on his forehead.

Police said the incident occurred at Maipith of the Sundarbans.

The villagers of Maipith informed the district forest department that a tiger entered the area on Sunday. On Monday, when the forest officials and guards started a search operation with nets, the tiger attacked Ganesh Shyamal, who is a resident working with the forest department on a temporary basis. The tiger jumped on his head. However, other guards beat it with sticks and after a while, the animal fled. Shyamal was first taken to a local hospital before he was taken to Kolkata.

The tiger entered the house of a villager which has now been cordoned off by forest officials to catch the tiger with a sleeping bullet.

Atri Mitra

Atri Mitra is a Special Correspondent of The Indian Express with more than 20 years of experience in reporting from West Bengal, Bihar and the North-East. He has been covering administration and political news for more than ten years and has a keen interest in political development in West Bengal. Atri holds a Master degree in Economics from Rabindrabharati University and Bachelor's degree from Calcutta University. He is also an alumnus of St. Xavier's, Kolkata and Ramakrishna Mission Asrama, Narendrapur. He started his career with leading vernacular daily the Anandabazar Patrika, and worked there for more than fifteen years. He worked as Bihar correspondent for more than three years for Anandabazar Patrika. He covered the 2009 Lok Sabha election and 2010 assembly elections. He also worked with News18-Bangla and covered the Bihar Lok Sabha election in 2019. ... Read More

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