Lion kills 25-year-old restaurant worker in Gujarat

A lion mauled to death a 25-year-old man who worked at a restaurant in Gujarat’s Amreli district and ate several body parts of the victim, officials said on Tuesday.

Locals found a few body parts of the victim and his severed head close to an approach road near Kovaya village of Amreli district under Rajula forest range early Tuesday morning.

Assistant Conservator of Forests Viralsinh Chavda said a



pride of four lions was moving in the area and efforts were underway to cage them all based on suspicion that one of them killed the man, who hailed from Uttarakhand.

“After receiving the message at 6 am today, the local beat guards and forest officials reached the spot. Prima facie, it was found that the man was killed by a lion, with a pride of four lions seen in the nearby areas. We are working to rescue them all,” Chavda said.