Crab hunter dragged away by tiger

A 62-year-old man was dragged away by a tiger while he was collecting crabs from Pirkhali forest in the Sundarbans today, forest department officials said.

Subal Jotdar, a resident of Mitrapara village under Gosaba police station, was in a group of three crab hunters including his wife.

Jotdar was dragged away by a tiger when they were at Kholakhali area in Pirkhali forest.

The body was not found, forest department officials said.