<p>A 72-year-old man was mauled to death by a tiger in a village near the Corbett Tiger Reserve here, officials said on Friday.</p>.<p>The incident happened at around 6 pm on Thursday at Laduasain village in Rikhnikhal block close to the wildlife sanctuary, forest ranger Mahendra Singh Rawat said.</p>.<p>Virendra Singh had gone to his field near his home to harvest the wheat crop when he was attacked by a tiger hiding behind the bushes, he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/tiger-eats-leopard-bengaluru-mans-click-goes-viral-1207092.html" target="_blank">Tiger eats leopard: Bengaluru man's click goes viral</a></strong></p>.<p>The tiger dragged Singh around 100 metres into the nearby forest, the forest ranger said.</p>.<p>Villagers gathered at the spot with burning torches and started searching for Singh and found his body a few hours later, he said, adding that Singh's head was partially eaten by the tiger.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | </strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/man-mauled-to-death-by-tiger-in-maharashtras-chandrapur-forest-1203807.html" target="_blank"><strong>Man mauled to death by tiger in Maharashtra's Chandrapur forest</strong></a></p>.<p>The locals said they had been seeing the movement of tigers in the area for some time and had also informed forest officials about it.</p>.<p>Half a dozen cattle in the area have been killed in suspected tiger attacks in just a week, they claimed.</p>
<p>A 72-year-old man was mauled to death by a tiger in a village near the Corbett Tiger Reserve here, officials said on Friday.</p>.<p>The incident happened at around 6 pm on Thursday at Laduasain village in Rikhnikhal block close to the wildlife sanctuary, forest ranger Mahendra Singh Rawat said.</p>.<p>Virendra Singh had gone to his field near his home to harvest the wheat crop when he was attacked by a tiger hiding behind the bushes, he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/tiger-eats-leopard-bengaluru-mans-click-goes-viral-1207092.html" target="_blank">Tiger eats leopard: Bengaluru man's click goes viral</a></strong></p>.<p>The tiger dragged Singh around 100 metres into the nearby forest, the forest ranger said.</p>.<p>Villagers gathered at the spot with burning torches and started searching for Singh and found his body a few hours later, he said, adding that Singh's head was partially eaten by the tiger.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | </strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/man-mauled-to-death-by-tiger-in-maharashtras-chandrapur-forest-1203807.html" target="_blank"><strong>Man mauled to death by tiger in Maharashtra's Chandrapur forest</strong></a></p>.<p>The locals said they had been seeing the movement of tigers in the area for some time and had also informed forest officials about it.</p>.<p>Half a dozen cattle in the area have been killed in suspected tiger attacks in just a week, they claimed.</p>