Four people are killed and three others injured in an attack by a wild bear at a forest in Chhattisgarh’s Korea district, officials said on Monday.
The incident happened on Sunday evening near Angwahi village under Devgarh forest range when the victims were returning after collecting some forest produce, a forest official said.
But, the bodies might be retrieved within the early hours of Monday after a protracted operation because the bear was sitting on the brink of the deceased, he said.
Among the three injured people, two received critical injuries and that they were admitted to a hospital, while another person was discharged after treatment, he said.
Korea Superintendent of Police Chandramohan Singh said after being alerted on Sunday evening, he and therefore the district collector along side police personnel rushed to the spot, located around 300 km from the capital Raipur.
The operation couldn’t be immediately launched because the bear was sitting on the brink of the bodies, he said.
Meanwhile, a villager who had climbed a tree to save lots of himself from the animal, was rescued with the assistance of a JCB machine, he said.
Later, when the bear was chased away into the forest, the four bodies, including of two women, were retrieved around 1 am and sent for post-mortem, the official said.
The kin of all the deceased persons got a moment relief amount of Rs 25,000 each, he said.
The remaining compensation of Rs 5.75 lakh each are going to be disbursed after completion of the required formalities, the official said.
