Summary:
(Image used for representational purpose)A forest official and his driver were on Tuesday found suffocated under “mysterious circumstances” inside their car in West Midnapore, where they were on night patrol duty. Villagers found the deceased on Tuesday and informed police, upon which officers from Goaltor station rushed to the spot and retrieved the bodies. (Image used for representational purpose) Villagers found the deceased on Tuesday and informed police, upon which officers from Goaltor station rushed to the spot and retrieved the bodies. The deceased — forest department guard Damodar Murmu (36) and driver Amol Chakraborty (35) — were assigned to Kushkathi jungle after villagers in the nearby Lalgarh area alleged they had spotted a tiger in the area. A generator used to power this light was kept inside the vehicle, and the two deceased had been in charge of operating it..