Tiger kills woman, injures 4 persons in MP's Bandhavgarh; angry locals assault forest staff

UMARIA (MP): (May 24) A tiger strayed into a residential area near the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh's Umaria district early on Sunday, mauling a woman to death and injuring four other persons, officials said.

The incident occurred around 3 am at Kherwa Tola locality in Panpatha village near the tiger reserve, following which angry locals allegedly assaulted a forest ranger and manhandled a woman staffer while protesting against repeated tiger attacks in the area.

Villagers accused forest officials of failing to respond promptly despite repeated calls for help and claimed the tiger was still roaming nearby.