Anekal: In an incident that occurred on Tuesday morning, villagers near Shettahalli were attacked by a bear in Anekal Taluk.
Residents of Shettahalli village, Shrinivas Reddy, Ramakka, Manju, and Venkataswami were attacked and wounded by the bear, it is learned. The injured are reportedly receiving treatment at a private Hospital in Anekal Town. Forest Department’s officials arrived at the site and are conducting an inquiry regarding the attack.
Recently, a bear had escaped from the Bannerghatta Animal Centre. The Bannerghatta doctors suspect that the bear which attacked the villagers could be the same animal that escaped. The locals informed that before the attack, the bear was spotted near the Chandapur KEB region.
