A 25-year-old man on Saturday jumped into a tiger enclosure in Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park here, but was rescued by the animal keeper and security guards.
Shudhodhan Babarao Wankhede scaled the parapet wall of the white tiger enclosure and jumped into it. A zoo official said, “He went very close to the tiger and even touched the animal. However, our security guards and the animal keeper opened the back gate of the enclosure and evacuated the man.” The official said the man had tried to jump into the enclosure of a Royal Bengal tiger before jumping into the white tiger’s enclosure. However, the guards foiled that bid.
“Had there been a delay of a few more minutes, his life would have been in danger. Timely intervention of the guards saved his life,” he added. Later, Mr. Wankhede was handed over to the police at Bharti Vidyapeeth police station and the process of registering a case against him was on. The zoo officials said the man appeared to be mentally unstable. —PTI
