A man and his grandson were torn apart by Bengal tigers in separate attacks within 12 hours.
The first victim, 12-year-old Chethan, was killed in a tiger attack on the evening of February 12 while he was harvesting coffee on a plantation bordering a forest in southern India’s Karnataka.
Just hours later, on February 13, his grandfather – identified as Raju, a 75-year-old tribal man – was attacked in the same area near Nagarahole National Park.
Raju was at his grandson’s house for the funeral and reportedly went out around 6.30am to relieve himself. It was said that the tiger grabbed his head and killed him.
The tragedy continued when another family member, 56-year-old Jayamma, died of shock after hearing about the death, the Hindustan Times reported.
The search team reportedly sedated the nine-year-old tiger before capturing it (photo).
A man and his grandson were torn apart by Bengal tigers in separate attacks within 12 hours
The pair are believed to have been killed by the same animal, with both incidents occurring within 500 meters of each other and about a kilometer from Nagarhole Nature Reserve.
The boy’s father, the grandfather’s son, was apparently injured in the first attack and is now recovering in hospital.
The Hindustan Times reported that after the first incident, the boy’s parents immediately received a check for 2.5 lakh (about £2,500) from the rangers.
An operation was soon launched to capture the deadly animal and prevent further attacks in the area.
Locals assumed that the tiger in question was old and unable to hunt other animals, so it mauled people instead. Local residents said there was no option but to kill the tiger after it turned to humans for food.
The Bengal tiger is also believed to have been injured at this point as both the teenager and grandfather reportedly tried to fend off the big cat before being killed.
BN Murthy, Kodagu County’s conservator of forests, said nearly 250 rangers had joined forces to track down the man-eating animal.
The group used 30 trap cameras in the area with three cages and five elephants to capture the Bengal tiger.
On February 14, the coffee plantation was searched from top to bottom and finally the tiger was spotted near Nanachi Gate of Nagarhole National Park.
On February 14, the coffee plantation was searched from top to bottom and finally the tiger was spotted near Nanachi Gate of Nagarhole National Park.
The search team stunned the man-eating tiger, believed to be around 13 years old, before capturing it.
This was the seventh big cat attack in the region since October 2021, caused by both tigers and leopards.
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