Chandrapur, Oct 28 (PTI) A 60-year-old man was attacked and killed by a tiger in the forest area of Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district, an official said on Tuesday.

The incident occurred in Shivra village, under the Chimur forest area, on Sunday evening, the official said.

He said that Neelkanth Bhure, a farmer and former sarpanch of Shivra village, was attacked by a big cat when he went to inspect crops on his farm on the Shankarpur-Chimur Road.

His half-eaten body was found after a search later in the night, the official said.

On October 26, a woman from Ganeshpipri was killed by a tiger while working in the fields, while a big cat fatally attacked a 58-year-old farmer in Nagbhid tehsil on October 25. PTI COR ARU (This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a

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