MP: Man tries to enter tiger enclosure at zoo in suicide bid

In a bid to commit suicide, a 43 -year-old man tried to enter a tiger enclosure at Kamla Nehru Zoo in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city on Friday, and was saved by alert zoo staff.

Vijay Jhala climbed a 25-feet-high fence around the tiger enclosure, but was immediately brought down by alert zoo staffers before he could enter it, zoo in-charge Uttam Yadav said.

Two tigers and a tigress were present in the enclosure at the time, he said.

On interrogation, Jhala claimed that he was severely debt-ridden and wanted to kill himself, Yadav said.

He was later handed over to Sanyogitaganj police and further investigations are underway, a police official said.

Jhala seems mentally disturbed and may have been under the influence of drugs, he added.