Overview
- Sanna Haida, 56, an Anti-Poaching Camp watcher, was fatally mauled near the Maralahalla camp around 12:30 p.m. while patrolling with colleagues inside Bandipur Tiger Reserve.
- Teammates’ shouts drove the tiger away, but he died at the spot; forest officials recovered the body and conducted a postmortem as per procedure.
- Karnataka’s forest minister expressed condolences, confirmed financial support under compensation rules, and directed staff to strictly follow patrol safety protocols.
- The Forest Department is continuing an operation to capture tigers frequenting a quarry area near Chamarajanagar, with five elephants deployed to assist.
- The killing comes after weeks of heightened tiger activity in the Bandipur–Nagarahole belt, including four recent human deaths and 10 tiger deaths in the district, eight of them cubs.