The tiger which originated from Lalbarra in Balaghat district – around 60 km from the dense forests of Seoni district and the Pench Tiger Reserve – had not just killed the 18-year-old youth in Bawanthadi village on Friday, but also killed another man in similar fashion around the same village seven months ago.The same tiger had also charged forest department staff and villagers in the tiger reserve’s buffer zone multiple times, owing to which there was a threat of it attacking again. Both the men killed by the tiger — on November 30, 2024 and June 20, 2025 — had gone to graze cattle in the jungles.After the latest killing, angry villagers had blocked National Highway 44. Owing to the road blockade, which continued till late in the evening, long queues of vehicles were witnessed on both sides of the road.
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