Bengaluru, Oct 8: A 40-year-old man was mauled to death by a white tiger at Bannerghatta Biological Park on Saturday evening. The victim Anji lived in the nearby Hakki Pikki Colony, and had taken up the post of caretaker on temporary basis only a week ago.
The enclosure that is home to three tigers has three gates, one of which opens into the safari area. Every morning, this gate is opened for animals to leave the enclosure and closed once they return in the evening.
On Saturday around 7 p.m., Anji went into the enclosure to feed the tigers and check if they had returned from the safari area, said the Bannerghatta Biological Park police. However, he delayed in closing the gate. That was when a tiger attacked him, and dragged him out into the safari area.
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