Husband Fights Royal Bengal Tiger Eye-to-Eye to Save Wife in Sunderbans Attack

• A Royal Bengal Tiger attacked fisherwoman Shankari Nayek in Bijwara forest, South 24 Parganas, dragging her into the jungle.
• Her husband, Subhas Nayek, and three companions bravely fought the tiger for hours, forcing it to retreat and rescuing Shankari.
• Shankari Nayek sustained serious injuries and was transferred to Kakdwip Sub-Divisional Super Specialty Hospital after initial treatment at Madhabnagar Rural Hospital.
• The incident occurred in the Satyadaspur area under Gobardhanpur Coastal Police Station, Patharpratima, while the group was crabbing in Kalas Jungle Bijiyara.
• The attack has intensified panic in the area, which had already experienced recent tiger sightings and fear.

Why It Matters: Husband's heroic fight saved his wife from a tiger attack, highlighting human-wildlife conflict.