CURATED BY – SUNIL YADAV | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Katni, In the forest of Sutari village of Barhi forest range in Katni district, a woman who had gone to collect wood with some women of the village was attacked by a tiger lurking in the forest and the woman was dragged into the forest, while the rest of the women got scared and ran towards the village. On receiving the information, the forest department officials reached the spot and after a lot of hard work, found the body of the woman in the bushes in the dense forest.

Durga Bai Bhumiya, a resident of Sutari village of Barhi forest range in Katni district, had gone to the forest to collect wood for home with other women of the village. During this time, a tiger hiding in the bushes broke in and attacked the woman and dragged her into the forest, while the other women, scared by the incident, reached the village to save their lives and informed the villagers about the whole matter. After which the village sarpanch informed the forest department and started the search with the beat guard. After a search operation that lasted for about 2 hours, the body was found near the bushes of a dense forest where the Forest Department, after Panchnama action, sent the body to the Barhi Health Center for postmortem. Forest Department Ranger Govind Narayan Shukla said that a woman resident of the village was attacked by a tiger in the forest adjoining Barhi Barwara, in which she died. After getting the postmortem done, the deceased has been handed over to the family. The documents for the compensation amount to be received from the government are being prepared and sent and the villagers have also been advised not to go to the forest because there is frequent movement of tigers there.