Priyanka Gandhi visits Wayanad amidst protests over death of tribal women in tiger attack

Priyanka said she would raise the issue of the safety of people in Parliament.

The 45-year-old Radha was mauled to death by the tigress last Friday in the Mananthavady municipal town in Wayanad. She was on her way to a coffee plantation at Pancharakkolly when the tiger pounced on her. Her partially eaten body was found in a nearby forest by anti-natal force Thunderbolt, which was on routine surveillance in the region. The tigress was later declared a man-eater and found dead with wounds on her body.

Since her death, the district has been on the boil with people protesting over rising attacks by wild animals

The absence of Priyanka, who won the by-election last November, was widely discussed in the constituency, which had witnessed the death of four people, all of them tribals, in wildlife attacks this month.

CPI(M) workers showed black flags and shouted slogans against Priyanka Gandhi when she reached the district to visit the bereaved tribal family and later to attend a meeting at the district collectorate in Kalpetta.