Tiger Attack in Maharashtra: 60-Year-Old Man Killed by Big Cat in Chandrapur

A 60-year-old man was killed in an attack by a tiger in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra on Tuesday, April 15. The deceased, identified as Maroti Borkar, was a resident of Gangasagar Heti village in Nagbhid taluka.

"He had gone to the forest area in Talodhi Balapur range to collect mahua flowers when a tiger attacked on him, in which he died on the spot. On being informed, a forest team reached the spot and took his body to a government hospital at Nagbhid for post-mortem," a forest department official told the news agency PTI. Investigation into the case was being carried out by the range forest officer, he said.

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Meanwhile, last week, one person was killed in a tiger attack in Mul Taluka. Two days ago, another person lost his life in a tiger attack in Brahmapuri taluka. Earlier, a tiger had also killed a person in Sindewahi taluka. Due to the intense summer heat, tigers are venturing out of the forest and into nearby villages. This has led to a rise in human-wildlife conflict.