A 26-year-old man was <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-tiger-attack-four-women-killed-in-tiger-attack-while-collecting-tendu-leaves-in-chandrapur-23631766" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">killed in a tiger attack</a> while harvesting paddy in Maharashtra's Bhandara district, a forest department official said on Monday, reported the PTI.
The incident took place on Sunday afternoon in Bamhani village in Sakoli tehsil.
The victim, identified as Vishal Uikey, was harvesting paddy in the fields when the tiger attacked him.
According to the forest department official, the tiger dragged Uikey nearly 20 feet in front of his parents. Despite their attempts to raise an alarm and drive the animal away, they could not prevent the attack, the news agency reported.
<h2>Family to receive Rs 25 lakh compensation</h2>
Uikey was initially taken to Lakhni for treatment and was later shifted to a medical facility in Bhandara, where he succumbed to his injuries, officials said.
According to the PTI, the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-tigress-covers-150-km-across-forests-from-umred-karhandla-to-pench-tiger-reserve-23658022" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">forest department</a> has provided Rs 10 lakh in immediate financial assistance to the family of the deceased. An additional Rs 15 lakh will be kept as a fixed deposit, the official said.
<h2>Cage installed to capture tiger</h2>
Following the incident, Assistant Conservator of Forests Sanjay Mendhe, Range Forest Officer Nitesh Dhanvijay and Forest Officer Raj Meshram visited the spot and inspected the area.
The forest department has installed a cage to capture the tiger. A team of shooters has also been deployed to monitor the animal's movements, as per the PTI.
"We are taking measures to ensure the safety of residents of the area," Assistant <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/assam-tiger-cub-rescued-from-kitchen-garden-after-getting-entangled-in-fishing-nets-23651653" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Conservator of Forests</a> Sanjay Mendhe said.
<h2>Tiger kills man in Beed</h2>
In an another incident, last week,&nbsp;a 38-year-old farmer was killed in a tiger attack while cutting fodder on a hill in Maharashtra's Beed district on Saturday morning, a forest department official said, reported the PTI.
The incident took place at around 8.30 am in Ashti tehsil. The deceased, identified as Devidas alias Pintu Manik Takale, was a resident of Takale Vasti near Deolali.
Takale was cutting fodder on Sonipathar Hill, close to his house, when a tiger attacked him from behind and dragged him nearly 500 metres into a thick patch of thorny bushes, Range Forest Officer Amol Munde said, as per the PTI.
<h2>Son finds bloodstains and drag marks</h2>
Takale's son later went to the hill to help carry the harvested grass home. However, instead of finding his father, he spotted bloodstains and prominent drag marks, according to the PTI.
The boy immediately returned to the village and alerted other residents. A group of villagers, armed with sticks and axes, then went towards the bushes to search for Takale.
On seeing the villagers approach, the tiger abandoned the body and fled into the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/madhya-pradesh-two-tigers-found-dead-electrocution-suspected-in-ratapani-territorial-fight-in-kanha-23652343" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">dense forest</a>, the news agency reported.
(with PTI inputs)

Tiger attack in Maharashtra: A 26-year-old farmer was killed in a tiger attack while harvesting paddy in Maharashtra`s Bhandara district, an official said

Tiger attack in Maharashtra: 26-year-old farmer killed in tiger attack while harvesting paddy in Bhandara

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The tiger dragged the man nearly 20 feet in front of his parents. Despite their attempts to raise an alarm and drive the animal away, they could not prevent the attack, an official said

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