PIONEER EDGENEWS SERVICE/ Jyotirmath
Four family members were injured, one seriously, after a bear attacked them early Tuesday morning in Singhdhar ward of Jyotirmath. The family rushed to their cowshed after hearing screams from the livestock, only to find one cow dead and a bear standing over it. When they tried to shoo the animal away, it turned on them, injuring four people, including a woman. The bear finally fled after the family raised an alarm.
Thereafter, all four people reached the community health centre, where after first aid, two injured were referred to a higher centre. The in-charge of the CHC said that Bindesh Kumar (37) and Santoshi Devi (26) have been sent to a higher centre, while the other two had suffered minor injuries.
The SDO of Nanda Devi National Park, Suman said that a cage would be put to capture the bear and once captured, it would be tranquilised.
