A Royal Bengal tiger was beaten to death by villagers at Uttar Rajapur village in Sharankhola upazila this morning.

DFO of Sunderbans East Division Mihir Kumder said the tiger crossed the Vola river into the village from the Sundarbans and swooped on a dog, leaving it dead early in the morning. Hearing the roar of the tiger villagers rushed to the scene and beat the tiger to death. Later, forest officials recovered the body of the tiger and sent it to Sharankhola range office for post-mortem.

With the killing, the number of tigers beaten to death in the eastern division of the world's largest mangrove forest rose to 12 from 2001 till the date, forest officials said. They said at least 17 people were killed in tiger attack in the eastern division during the same period.

-The Independent