A 50-year-old farmer has been killed by a tiger when he was working in his field close to the Mohammadi range reserve forests in South Khiri division, a senior forest official said today.
"The body of Prem Chandra, who had gone to the fields last evening, was recovered today from a sugarcane field," Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), South Khiri, Sameer Verma told PTI.
Confirming that the farmer was killed by a tiger, he said that the body has been sent for post-mortem and proceedings will be initiated to award monetary compensation to the kin of the deceased farmer as per rules.
The farmer had gone to his fields on Sunday evening, but did not returned.
His mutilated body was found from the fields by his family members this morning, the forest official said.
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