Tiger kills forest guard in Corbett National Park

A 40-year old forest guard was mauled to death by a tiger while he was on patrolling duty near Saddle Dam in Corbett National Park.
"The victim, Krishna Pal Singh, was patrolling the area yesterday with another guard when a tiger pounced on him from behind a tree," Forest SDO, R K Tiwari said.
"Several shots were fired at the tiger by the other guard but that could not deter the animal from dragging the victim into the forest," he said.
The tiger later left the body of the guard and ran into the forest.
The forest officials handed over the body to the police which was then sent for postmortem.

The Director of the Park, Sameer Sinha announced an interim relief of Rs 5 lakh to the bereaved family and a job in the Forest Department to the wife of the deceased.
He also gave the family Rs 25,000 for the last rites of the deceased.