Overview

• Surjiya Bai Jatav was attacked around 5 p.m. Monday in Barkhadi village, Shivpuri district, while cutting fodder.
• She wrestled with the jackal for roughly 25–30 minutes, held its jaws, tore a strip from her sari, and strangled it.
• She suffered 18 bite wounds, lost consciousness, and was moved from the Badarwas health center to Shivpuri district hospital, where she woke hours later.
• Doctors classified the case as Category-2, administered anti-rabies injections, and expect wound healing in 7–10 days with possible discharge in 3–5 days.
• The forest department gave Rs 1,000 as immediate aid and pledged to pay her medical bills, as relatives note a prior family death linked to rabies after a jackal attack.