Chandrapur, Oct. 31 -- Two persons were killed and a cattle herder was seriously injured in separate tiger attacks in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district, triggering fear among residents of villages located near forest areas, police said on Saturday.
According to forest officials, three incidents of tiger attacks were reported in the district on Friday.
In the first incident, Sadashiv Chirkata Khadsang (55), a resident of Gardapar village, was attacked by a tiger around 1.30 pm while he had gone to relieve himself near his agricultural field in the Gadgaon forest range of Chimur. He died in the attack.
In another incident, 75-year-old Patru Ramaji Meshram of Dhumankheda village in Sindewahi taluka went to inspect his paddy crop around 2 pm...