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A migrant idiosyncratic suffered aggregate injuries aft being mauled by a sloth carnivore successful a backstage beverage property astatine Valparai successful Coimbatore territory connected Sunday (January 25, 2026). The injured was identified arsenic Domdho Murmu (21), a autochthonal of Jharkhand.
According to the Forest Department, the incidental took spot successful a beverage property falling nether Manambolly wood scope of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR).
Mr. Murmu, portion engaged successful enactment successful the estate, had a adjacent brushwood with a sloth bear. It mauled him, causing injuries connected his forehead and different parts of the body. Frontline unit of the Forest Department, who were connected a regular patrol, rescued him and helium was rushed to an property infirmary astatine Murugali. He was aboriginal shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital, Pollachi, for further treatment.
Following the incident, ATR authorities deployed frontline unit successful the property for further monitoring. Manambolly Forest Range Officer K. Giritharan said camera traps volition beryllium placed successful the estate.
