BARDIYA: An elderly died after being attacked by a tiger at Bhagraiya of Madhuban Municipality-3 in Bardiya district when he was collecting fodder and firewood inside the Samjhana Community Forest.

Inspector of Armed Police Force, Nepal Asmin Thapa Magar said that 67-year-old Chitra Bahadur Khatri’s dead body was recovered from the community forest on Monday afternoon.

With this, a total of 12 persons died in Bardiya district after being attacked by the man eater tiger in a year.