Chandrapur, May 22 -- : Four women were killed in a tiger attack in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district while collecting tendu leaves in a forest area of Sindewahi taluka on Friday morning.
The incident occurred in the Gunjewahi-Pawanpar forest belt, where 13 women from the village had ventured early in the morning to collect tendu leaves, a key source of seasonal income for families in the region during summer. Only nine women returned from the forest.
According to preliminary information, the women were gathering leaves inside the dense forest when a tiger, reportedly hiding in thick bushes, suddenly attacked them at around 8 a.m.
Four women died on the spot, while the others managed to escape after screaming for help and running out of ...