Overview
- Police and forest teams found the bodies Tuesday morning in the Gurikam forest of Latehar district.
- Relatives said the women had gone Monday to collect flowers in the forest and did not return home.
- Forest officials suspect a wild bison attacked them, and an inquiry is underway to confirm the cause.
- The victims were identified as Shilamania Devi, 64, and Shanti Kunwar, 50, with their bodies sent to Sadar Hospital for post-mortem.
- Authorities gave Rs 50,000 to each family as immediate relief, with the remaining Rs 3.5 lakh to follow under the state’s Rs 4 lakh compensation policy for deaths caused by wild animals.