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Hyderabad: In a second such incident in two days, a tiger attacked a farmer in KB Asifabad district on Saturday. The injured farmer, identified as Rauthu Suresh from Dubbuguda of Sirpur (T) mandal, suffered serious injuries on his neck and was rushed to a hospital by other farmers.
The incident happened close to Dubbuguda village near Sirpur town while Suresh was picking cotton in a field with several others. As Suresh raised an alarm when the tiger attacked him, the others in the field rushed to his aid even as the tiger ran away. The injured man was shifted to a hospital in Kagaznagar for treatment.
Saturday’s incident comes close on the heels of the death of 21-year-old Morle Laxmi who was attacked by a tiger on Friday morning while picking cotton in a field near Nazrulnagar in Kagaznagar mandal, also in the same district.
Forest officials had sounded an alert following Friday’s attack and a senior official said every effort was being made to identify the tiger or tigers involved in the two incidents. “We are rushing more personnel to the field for increased tracking of the tigers, and we urge farmers and people to stay away from forest areas, and be on the alert,” the official said.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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