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Inside home of ‘tiger widows’ whose husbands went to work but didn't return alive
The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxThousands of men are believed to have been mauled to death by tigers near an Indian village.Their wives – dubbed the "tiger widows" – claim their husbands were brutally killed by the fearsome predators while out working in the jungle close to South 24 Parganas.A staggering 3,000 woman are understood to have been widowed.Pradip Chatterjee, president of the Dakshinbanga Matsyajibi Forum, which represents fisherman in the area, told Vice News the figure was a "moderate estimate".About 60 people in the area are thought to have been killed by tigers since April last year.
