Tiger mauls woman to death in Maharashtra; third kill in 24 hours

The victim was Swarupa Yeletiwar (50). She was attacked by the tiger on Thursday in the afternoon, triggering panic among locals.

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: In the third such instance in the last 24 hours, a woman was mauled to death by a tiger when she was gathering cotton balls in a field at Khedi village in Sawli Taluq of Chandrapur district on Thursday afternoon.

The victim was Swarupa Yeletiwar (50). She was attacked by the tiger on Thursday in the afternoon, triggering panic among locals.

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Earlier, in two separate incidents, two elderly persons were mauled to death by a tiger in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra. The victims were Baburao Buddaji Kamble (68), a resident of Rudrapur village in Sawali Taluq and Lahanu Sopankar (54) from Kantapet village in Mool Taluq of Chandrapur district.

Kamble died on the spot when a tiger attacked him while he was attending to nature’s call on the fringes of the forest at the village on Thursday around 6 am. Lahanu was also killed on the spot when a tiger pounced on him on Wednesday evening. He was grazing cattle in the forest.