Tiger kills four women in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur

(PTI)

CHANDRAPUR, May 22: Four women collecting tendu leaves were mauled to death by a tiger in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district on Friday morning, a forest official said. A group of women had gone to a forested patch to collect tendu leaves, which are predominantly used as the natural wrapper for ‘bidis’ (hand-rolled cigarettes). As they were busy collecting the leaves, a tiger killed four of them, said officials.

The deceased women have been identified as Kawadabai Mohurle (45), Anitabai Mohurle (40), Sunita Mohurle (38) and Sangita Chaudhary (50). After being alerted, a team of forest officials reached the area, said Chief Conservator of Forests (Chandrapur Circle) R M Ramanujan, adding that more details would emerge after the ‘panchnama’.