Youth injured in bear attack near Srisailam

A younker from Hatakeshwaram hamlet successful the Nallamala forests adjacent Srisailam of Nandyal territory was critically injured successful a carnivore onslaught connected Saturday. The youth, identified arsenic Chinnadevayya, ventured heavy into the wood to cod firewood erstwhile the carnivore attacked.

The carnivore had inflicted heavy gashes connected his backmost and limbs earlier helium managed to flight and unreserved to a adjacent village. On seeing the villagers, the carnivore abandoned her pursuit and retreated into the forest. He was rushed to the authorities infirmary astatine Sunnipenta. A squad of wood officials inspected the spot wherever the younker was attacked, and cautioned the residents of wood fringe villages to debar going heavy into the forests.