Another fisherman mauled by a Royal Bengal Tiger in Sundarbans
The two other fishermen who tried to fight against the big cat for rescuing Mistri, the tiger was so adamant that the duo could not drive out it. Later, the duo came back to their village and informed the forest officials and police.
Biswabrata Goswami
SOUTH 24 PARGANAS, 4 JULY: Once again a fisherman was mauled to death by a tiger at Panchmukhani forest in Sundarbans under Sundarban Coastal police station limits yesterday.
A forest official said 52-year-old Jamini Mistri, a resident of Lahiripur was catching crabs and shrimps along with two other fishermen when a Royal Bengal Tiger pounced on Mistri and dragged him away inside the forest.
The two other fishermen who tried to fight against the big cat for rescuing Mistri, the tiger was so adamant that the duo could not drive out it. Later, the duo came back to their village and informed the forest officials and police.
Later, the forest personnel went to the site but they could not retrieve the body.
A poll of gloom descended soon after the news spread in the locality as a few days ago, another fisherman was killed by a big cat when three fishermen had gone to Pirkhali forest in Sundarbans to catch crabs.
A 65-year-old Manoar Mondol was also mauled to death by a tiger when he was catching crabs along with his two associates in a stream near the Pirkhali forest. The tiger leaped aboard the boat and clamped its jaws on Mondol’s neck. It quickly flung him on its back and gave a giant leap before disappearing into the forest.
The forest official said, the department is verifying if the fishermen had valid permits for fishing activities in the area.
The Sundarbans with its large mangrove forest is dotted by rivulets and canals.
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