Woman dies in tiger attack

Gulariya: A woman has died in a tiger attack in Bardiya today. The victim is Manish Rokaya (35 years old) of Hasanapur from Baijanath rural municipality-8 of the neighbouring district, Banke.

Tulsiram Aryal, Deputy Superintendent of Police at Bardiya District Police Office, informed that Rokaya died in the tiger attack near Janachetana community forest of Bansgadhi municipality-4.

However, her sister Kailash Pati Tharu (40 years old) escaped the attack. They were going together to Bansgadhi municipality-4. Chief of the Division Forest Office, Bardiya, Prabin Bidari, informed that an investigation into the incident was underway.