A man was killed and another injured after being attacked by a wild bear in the Andramunda forests under the Kotapad Forest Range in Koraput district on Monday, official sources said here.
The animal mauled to death Dhansari Bhatra, who happened to be a member of the local Bana Suraksha Samiti, and injured Rajendra Bhatra when the duo was passing through the forest area. While Dhansari was found, villagers took seriously-injured Rajendra to the nearby hospital.
After being informed of the incident, forest officials rushed to the spot.The incident is the second such one in the area during the last one month.A rogue bear had killed eight persons and injured five others in the area in the first week of May and angry villagers had beaten the animal to death.