A man died in a tiger attack in Paterwasugauli Rural Municipality-2 of Parsa on Monday.

According to Police Inspector Ramraja Kesari, the body of 32-year-old Manoj Raut Dhagad was recovered from an open space some 200 meters from the Tharuhati village.

Dhagad’s relatives had gone out to look for him after he failed to return home on Sunday night. The police and forest staff were notified of the incident after the family members discovered a blood trail and a mobile phone on Monday.

The feline seems to have dragged the victim some 300 metres from where he had reportedly gone to defecate on Sunday evening, police said.

“A packet of tobacco and clothing articles of the deceased have been recovered from the incident site,” Kesari said. “Prints of the tiger’s paw, the victim’s severed body parts, a bracelet and a mobile phone have also been found at the incident site.”

Preparations are underway to send the body for a post-mortem, police said.

Earlier on Saturday, a 12-year-old was mauled by a tiger near the Bairiya-based Jira Community Forest. According to Division Forest Office Head Prabin Bidari, the boy was mauled by a tiger while walking alone

According to the latest tiger census held in 2021, the tiger population in Nepal has reached 355, with the country nearly tripling the number in 12 years.