Forest Guard Killed By Tigress In Maha’s Tadoba Reserve During Survey
Mumbai: A woman forest guard was killed by a tigress in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur on Saturday, CCF Jitendra Ramgaonkar said.
The deceased forest guard, Swati Dumane, was attached to the Kolara forest range in the core area of TATR, he said.
“Dumane, along with three-beat helpers, started a sign survey at 7 am on Saturday as a part of the All India Tiger Estimation (AITE)-2022. After walking for around four km from Kolara gate till compartment number 97 under the core area of TATR, the team noticed a tigress sitting ahead on a road, approximately 200 metres from them. The team waited for around half an hour and tried to take a detour through a thick patch of the forest,” Dr Jitendra Ramgaonkar, Chief Conservator of Forest (CCF) of TATR, said in a statement.
Seeing the movement, the tigress gave chase and attacked Dumane, who was chasing the three-beat helpers. He said that the tigress dragged him inside the forest.
Later on, getting information about the incident, senior forest department officials reached the spot and traced the body, which has been sent to Chimur Government Hospital for post-mortem, the official said.
Ramgaonkar said that after the incident the sign survey and walking exercise of AITE-2022 have been put on hold till further notice and precautions are being taken to avoid such incidents.
He said that all possible help was being provided to Dumane’s family – her husband and daughter immediately.
A case has been registered by the forest department in this connection and further investigation is on, the CCF said.
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