Overview

• A tigress mauled 40-year-old Gulli Bai Yadav around 8 am on June 6 near her home in Rakhi village, about 1.5 km from Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve’s core boundary.
• Forest ranger Mukesh Ahirwar said officials reached the scene promptly and sent the body to the Manpur Community Health Centre for post-mortem examination.
• Authorities granted the victim’s family Rs 10,000 immediately, with further compensation to follow under government norms.
• The latest attack follows local protests after a farmer’s death on May 3, with multiple fatal encounters recorded in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan.
• Conservation successes increasing tiger numbers have heightened conflict risks for villagers who rely on forest land, with unsafe sanitation practices exacerbating their vulnerability.