Itanagar :Poulash Karmakar, a 35-year-old zoo attendant at the Biological Park in Arunachal Pradesh’s Itanagar was mauled to death by a Royal Bengal tigress when he was entering her cage to clean the water pond on Tuesday. Karmakar was a native of Dhekiajuli in Assam’s Lakhimpur district.

“There are three gates that lead to the cage and all of them were left open. We are assuming that this led to the tigress attacking the zoo attendant,” zoo curator Raya Flago informed, adding that a police investigation has already been launched in the case.

Itanagar Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) informed that a case of unnatural death has been filed and the body had been sent for a forensic test at RK Mission Hospital. As per preliminary investigation, Police did not see anything suspicious and it seems to be a case of negligence. The body would be handed over to the family members today after the forensic test.