Patna, Feb. 13 -- Bettiah (Bihar), Feb 13: A couple was killed while one person was left critically injured in a tiger attack near the Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar's west Champaran district.
A forest official said the incident took place in Parsauni village adjoining the Manguraha forest area late Friday.
Apparently a group of three set out for their field after dinner on Friday night to guard their rabi crops. As they were about to mount the 'maachaan' (a tree-top or elevated post to keep guard mainly in farmlands or forest areas), they were ambushed by a tiger.
The woman in the group, identified as Khiria Devi, died on the spot while her husband Aklu Mahato succumbed in a hospital. The couple killed were in their 40s. One more person...