Bhopal, July 7 -- A bear mauled three people to death and injured five others in a village near the Sanjay Gandhi Tiger Reserve in the Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh early Monday.
Irate villagers surrounded the bear and thrashed it to death with sticks and clubs, soon after it attacked them.
According to the police, the incident occurred near Bastua village at around 5 AM.
A villager, Babbu Yadav (80), was grazing buffaloes when the bear attacked him.
Hearing his screams for help, some more villagers, including Deenbandhu Sahu (70), Manish Sahu (27), Santosh Yadav (43) and others rushed to save him.
However, the bear attacked them too.
Deenbandhu and Babbu died on the spot. Manish, Santosh and three villagers were injured. The bea...