Mysore/Mysuru, Dec. 28 -- Incident occurs at 600 metres from Maralahalla Anti-Poaching Camp

A forest watcher attached to an Anti-Poaching Camp (APC) at Bandipur Tiger Reserve was killed in a tiger attack yesterday near Maralahalla in Gundlupet taluk of Chamarajanagar district.

The deceased has been identified as Sanna Haida (56), a member of the Jenukuruba community from Neralekuppe village in Hunsur taluk. He was on routine patrolling duty along a forest trail, about 600 metres from the Maralahalla APC, when the incident occurred around noon.

According to officials, Sanna Haida was part of a team of four forest watchers engaged in patrol and grass seed collection when a tiger, concealed in the undergrowth, suddenly pounced on him from...