Tiger which attacked forest guard held after 12 hours’ search in Sunderbans

Around 3.30 am on Tuesday, forest guards were able to tranquilise the tiger in Maipith in the Sunderbans.

On Sunday, the villagers of Maipith in Sunderbans had informed the district Forest department that a tiger has entered the area. (Representational Image)

After more than 12 hours of search, the West Bengal Forest department finally managed to catch the Royal Bengal Tiger which attacked and injured a forest guard in the Sunderbans on Monday.

Around 3.30 am on Tuesday, forest guards were able to tranquilise the tiger, which is now under observation by the Forest department.

A forest officer said, “It is a male tiger. It is doing well and has no injury.”

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On Sunday, the villagers of Maipith in Sunderbans had informed the district Forest department that a tiger has entered the area.

On Monday, when the forest officials and guards started a search operation with nets, the tiger attacked Ganesh Shyamal, a resident of the area working with the Forest department on a temporary basis.

The tiger jumped on his head. However, other guards beat the big cat with sticks and after a while, the animal fled. Shyamal was first taken to a local hospital before being shifted to the SSKM hospital in Kolkata.

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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