The body of a woman who had gone to work in the fields was found with her head and neck severed on Saturday, police said.
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A woman died after being attacked by a wild animal while working in her field near the nursery forest in the west of Bhaisahi village, Gularia municipality-12. Police said that the woman's body was found with her head and neck severed on Saturday.
Locals informed the police and the Armed Police Force about the discovery of the body at around 11:20 pm on Saturday.
District Police Office, Bardia Information Officer and DSP Chakradamar Pal said that the deceased was Jagatarani Tharu, 45 years old from Bhaisahi. He said that it cannot be determined whether it was a tiger or a leopard that attacked him until the post-mortem. He said, 'It seems like it was killed by wild animals, we have brought the body to District Hospital Gularia for post-mortem.'
Local Jagatram Chaudhary said that the deceased Tharu Mamfali Godn reached there on Friday evening. "After Jagatarani did not come home, the locals found the body on Saturday when they were searching," he said.
The deceased Jagatarani's husband and elder son are away due to employment. There is only one 14-year-old son and daughter-in-law at home. Champa Tharu, a neighbor who did not search for her on Friday evening, said that she must have been staying there as her body was in the village.
The staff of the district forest office also said that the carcass could not be called a leopard or a tiger. Senior Assistant Forest Officer Ramkumar Chaudhary, Information Officer of Division Forest Office, Bardia also said that it will be known after the post-mortem.
Senior Forester of Division Forest Office Krishna Ghimire said that the police picked up the dead body and took it to Bardia Hospital for post-mortem.
Chedulal Tharu, a resident, said that even though leopards were seen around the village many times, the relevant authorities did not care. "Yesterday, a leopard was sitting near the cage that Bangur had tied up," he said.
