Gondia, Sep 21 (PTI) A 45-year-old man was suspected to have been killed by a tiger in eastern Maharashtra's Gondia district, a forest official said.

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Vinay Khagen Mandal (45), resident of Arunnagar in Arjuni Morgaon tehsil, went into the forest on Tuesday and did not return, he said.

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His half-eaten body was body on Wednesday in the Lakhandur forest range along with tiger pugmarks nearby, the official said.

Further probe was on, he said.

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