Gundlupet: A Range Forest Officer (RFO), who had gone for an inspection after a tiger was sighted at an agricultural field, was injured when the tiger attacked him at the field in Kallipura village here yesterday. The injured is Raghavendra Agase, RFO of Gopalaswamy Hill coming under Bandipur Tiger Reserve.
Details: Farmers, who had sighted a tiger near the field of one Srinivas near Kallipura bordering Bandipur, had informed the Forest Department about it, following which RFO Raghavendra and staff came to the field for an inspection yesterday.
