UmariaA 25-year-old woman took on a tiger to save her 15-month-old son at Rohania village
The incident occurred at Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. Both mother and son received injuries in the incident.
District officials said they are trying to trace the tiger which is roaming in the area.
The woman, identified as Archana Choudhary, said she had taken her son Raviraj to a field to answer nature’s call when the tiger attacked him and held him by its jaws.
When she tried to save her son, the feline attacked her also.
She also raised an alarm and later some villagers reached there. The villagers then chased away the carnivore, who fled into the forest leaving the child behind.
Choudhary’s husband Bhola Prasad said his wife received waist, hand, and back injuries, and their son was hurt in the head and back.
After the attack, the woman and her son were immediately taken to a health center in Manpur and later to the district hospital in Umaria for treatment, forest guard Ram Singh Marko said.
A forest department team was trying to track the tiger which attacked the child and his mother, he said.
Umaria Collector Sanjeev Shrivastava met the woman and her son in the district hospital.
He said the two have been referred to a hospital in Jabalpur for further treatment.
The collector also said he will hold a meeting with the forest department officials to ensure the safety of villagers residing in forest areas.
