‘Maya’ kills forest guard in Maharashtra's Tadoba core zone

In a first-of-its-kind incident, a forest guard — Swati Dhumane — was killed following a tiger attack in the Kolara range, the core zone of Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), on Saturday morning. Sources informed that Maya (T-12), the most popular tigress of Tadoba, was responsible for the attack. Dhumane was on foot with three labourers for the All India Tiger Estimation (AITE) 2022 exercise when the incident took place.