A forest division official was mauled to loss of life by a bison in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district, police mentioned on Sunday. The incident occurred at Malangi in Madarihat space of the Jaldapara forest division on Saturday night when 4 forest division workers have been attacked by the animal, a police officer mentioned.

“They have been patrolling the world and the bison immediately attacked them. Gautam Karji couldn’t run away, whereas three others managed to flee from the spot,” he said.

The man was seriously injured in the attack and taken to Madarihat Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, the officer said. The Karji’s body was sent to Alipurduar district hospital for postmortem examination, he added.

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