Kolkata: In yet another case of tiger attack, the second in five days, a fisherman was killed in the Sunderbans on Sunday.
Though a purported video of villagers retrieving the body started doing the rounds on social media, the forest department didn’t confirm if the video had any link with Sunday’s incident.
The villager was identified as Sushanta alias Ranga Mondal (44), a resident of Lahiripur. He had gone to catch crabs in Jhila-3 forest when the incident took place around nine in the morning. “Yes, we have heard about the incident. Fishing is prohibited in the area,” said Tapas Das, field director of Sunderbans Tiger Reserve.
Locals said the body was retrieved at least an hour later.
