A man was injured by a tiger in Khudiya village under lormi Police Station on Friday morning. The big cat could not be caught and it disappeared in the jungle bordering the village, informed the Station House Officer lormi Ashish Wasnik. However, when contacted Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) KC Bevarta expressed complete ignorance over the incident.
“We got information about the incident in early hours of Friday morning. According to the inputs received, the tiger had attacked a villager in Khudiya village. Immediately we reached on the spot and forest department officials also reached the spot,” said SHO Wasnik talking to The Pioneer over phone.
According to sources, the Tiger had attacked Naresh Kevat at his home in the early hours of Friday morning. Kevat sustained serious injuries in the attack but somehow survived. After attacking Kevat, villagers somehow managed to lock the tiger in a house where the big cat remained there for hours. later the Tiger ran away in the jungles after breaking the door of house, Police said. During the whole episode forest department officials remained at the spot but could not catch the animal.
The Jungles near Khudiya village are part of Achanakmar Tiger Reserve but according to the villagers this is first incident in past 10 to 12 years when any tiger has entered in the village, SHO Wasnik informed after interaction with the residents of village. Notably Chhattisgarh has three tiger reserves Achanakmar in Bilaspur, Indravati National Park in the Naxal-hit Bastar region and Udanti Sitanadi Tiger Reserve in Dhamtari area. The Tiger census conducted in 2011 had mentioned about presence of 22 tigers in Chhattisgarh.