Bahraich, Oct. 25 -- A tiger attacked a woman in Tirmuhani hamlet of Harkhapur village, under the Dharmapur Range of the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS) in Bahraich on Friday morning, leaving her seriously injured. The incident created panic as the tiger continued to roar in the nearby fields for nearly an hour after the attack.

According to reports, the victim, Quraisha Bano (40) was collecting cattle dung on the outskirts of the village when a tiger hiding in the bushes pounced on her. Hearing her cries for help, villagers rushed to the spot, shouting and bursting crackers to scare the tiger away. The animal eventually retreated into a sugarcane field, leaving the woman grievously injured.

The villagers immediately rescued Qurai...