Tigress which killed four women trapped in Maharashtra

A tigress which mauled 4 women to decease was tranquillised and caged successful Sindewahi taluka of Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district, wood officials said connected Sunday (May 24, 2026).

“The tigress was seen adjacent Pawanpar pond successful Sindewahi taluka successful the Bramhapuri wood division, wherever she was tranquillised utilizing a dart,” said a wood official. 

On Friday, 4 women were attacked by the tigress successful the Gunjewahi wood country portion they were harvesting tendu patta (Indian Ebony leaf). According to reports, a radical of 7 women went to the wood for collecting leaves, the seasonal nutrient which is simply a large root of income for tribal families during summer. The wood authoritative pointed retired that the onslaught came to airy erstwhile 3 women from the radical went backmost searching 4 missing women. 

The deceased are: Kavdabai Mohurle (45), Anitabai Mohurle (40), Sunita Mohurle (38), and Sangeeta Chaudhary (50). The Forest section had installed 3 unrecorded cameras and 30 trap cameras for tracking the animal’s movement.

The onslaught created choler among the residents who person been surviving successful changeless fearfulness arsenic 2 deaths were reported successful past 2 months successful the aforesaid region. On April 18, 1 Baliram was killed portion collecting flowers, portion connected March 25, a antheral who was passing by was killed successful the tiger attack.

It whitethorn beryllium recalled that astir of the attacks are by pistillate tigers and their sub-adults (between 1.5 and 2.5 years), which are usually pushed outside the protected wood area.  According to the Forest section data, from 2021 to 2025, 929 radical person been injured and 184 died and the fig keeps surging. In July 2025, the Brahmapuri division, portion of Chandrapur wood circle, spanning implicit 4,081 sq. km, has the highest fig of cubs astatine 67; sub-adults astatine 16; and females astatine 39. The ellipse is besides location to Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve. 

Wildlife and biology experts judge that with the wood shrinking and accrued tiger colonisation and quality activities, the human-tiger struggle successful the Chandrapur ellipse has been intensifying. They sought contiguous steps for peaceful human-wildlife coexistence.