Bison runs amok, kills 52-year-old woman in Jalpaiguri district

Police said the animal attacked Sitadevi Prasad while was returning home after a morning walk around 6am

The bison in Malbazar of Jalpaiguri district on Friday.: Biplab Basak

T Bureau   |   Jalpaiguri/Alipurduar   |   14.08.21 : A woman died after a bison running amok in the Malbazar civic area of Jalpaiguri district attacked her on Friday morning.

Police said the animal attacked Sitadevi Prasad, 52, a resident of Khudirampally under ward-12 of the Malbazar municipality, while was returning home after a morning walk around 6am.

Local people rushed her to Malbazar Super Specialty Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries later in the day.

Foresters Malbazar wildlife squad under Gorumara forest division suspect that the animal might have strayed from Lataguri forest, about 22km from Malbazar.

“We managed to tranquillise the bison around 8am. It was hauled by an excavator and taken to the nearby Gorumara forest. After primary treatment, the bison was released in the forest in the evening,” said Dipen Subba, ranger officer, Malbazar wildlife squad.

Jumbo carcass

The carcass of an adult tusker was recovered from a drain in Alipurduar district on Friday.

Foresters of the Buxa Tiger Reserve said the corpse had been sent for post-mortem.

“The cause of death can be ascertained only after we get the autopsy report,” said Pravin Kaswan, deputy field director of the BTR.