Wayanad forest officer injured in tiger attack
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Three animals killed, villagers in panic
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Three animals killed, villagers in panic
A Range Forest Officer (RFO) who was on duty at Kolavally, near Pulpally, on the Kerala-Karnataka border was attacked by a tiger on Sunday afternoon.
T. Sasikumar, 55, RFO, Chethalayath forest range of the South Wayanad forest division, came under attack around 2.30 p.m. at a private plantation at Kolavally while a Forest Department team led by him was on a search operation for the tiger. He has been admitted to a hospital at Meppadi in the district with serious injuries on his left shoulder.