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Crab hunter dragged away by tiger

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Press Trust of India Canning (WB)
A 62-year-old man was dragged away by a tiger while he was collecting crabs from Pirkhali forest in the Sundarbans today, forest department officials said.

Subal Jotdar, a resident of Mitrapara village under Gosaba police station, was in a group of three crab hunters including his wife.

Jotdar was dragged away by a tiger when they were at Kholakhali area in Pirkhali forest.

The body was not found, forest department officials said.

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First Published: Feb 08 2016 | 11:02 PM IST

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