Cage gates left open, tigress at Arunachal zoo mauls cleaner

Poulash Karmakar, an attendant at Biological Park in Arunachal Pradesh's Itanagar was killed by a tigress when he was entering her cage to clean the water pond on Tuesday.

A 35-year-old zoo attendant was mauled to death by a Royal Bengal tigress at the Biological Park in Itanagar, an official said. Deepest condolences to the bereaved family of late Poulash Karmakar, mauled by a Tigress yesterday at Biological Park, #Itanagar. Visited the zoo to take stock. Govt. will duly compensate for the irreparable loss. Prayers for the departed soul @ArunachalCMO @ArunForests pic.twitter.com/vlPxEE2lTG Poulash Karmakar, a native of Dhekiajuli in Assam's Lakhimpur district was killed by the tigress when he was entering her cage to clean the water pond on Tuesday, zoo curator Raya Flago said. "The incident occurred at 2.30 pm on Tuesday. I was informed of the incident by one of our animal attendants. When I reached the zoo along with a doctor and other staff, Karmakar was already dead. He was found bleeding from the face," Flago said.