India News | Crab-catcher Killed in Tiger Attack in Bengal's Sundarbans

Canning (WB), Sep 3 (PTI) A crab-catcher was killed by a tiger in West Bengal's Sundarbans on Thursday, the sixth such incident in the area in the last one month, a forest officer said.

The incident took place when 30-year-old Babulal Raptan and Kenaram Mondal, residents of Kumirmari village in Sundarbans coastal police station area, took a boat to Chilmari canal of Marichjhapi Island in the morning, he said.

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As the duo was busy catching crabs, a tiger leaped on Raptan from behind and dragged him into the forest, the officer said.

Mondal shouted for help, to which other crab-catchers in the area responded and they chased away the tiger and retrieved Raptan's body, he said.

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Raptan was the sole earner of his family of three, the officer said.

With this incident, six crab-catchers have been killed in tiger attacks in the region in South 24 Parganas district in the last 30 days, he added.

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