The incident took place in a sugarcane field where Lala Ram, a resident of Asharfiganj village, was working, District Forest Officer (South Kheri) Sameer Verma said.
"Sugarcane-Tigers", a term commonly used for big cats in the Terai forests, are mainly responsible for the man-animal conflict in the region as tigers see sugarcane fields as natural grasslands.
Forest officials said that due to excessive human intervention, the tigers, especially those near the fringe areas, get increasingly restive leading to conflict.