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Lion mauls labourer to death and injures two others in Devaliya Safari park, tourist entry halted
November 29, 2018

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JUNAGADH: In an extremely rare event, lions attack three people in Gir forest. Three people were injured in an attack by lions inside Gir Interpretation Zone, Devaliya, popularly called Devaliya Safari Park, near tourist hub Sasan in Gir forest in Junagadh district on Thursday. 

There are two places for lions darshan at Sasan. One is the Gir Tourism Zone in the Gir Sanctuary in which the pilgrims/visitors go to the forest and the second place for lions darshan is the Devaliya Interpretation Zone/Safari Park.

A temporary employee (labourer) has been killed and two other employees have been injured in lion attack on workers working in the Devaliya Safari Park.

According to a report, by Junagadh Circle of Forest Department (Wildlife), this incident happened in the morning at Devalia Safari Park. In which two lion had attacked Rajneesh Keshwara, who was working as a labourer. Sources said that since the two most experienced lion trackers were on leave, Keshwala was a standby for them.

While the lion was attempting to kill him, another worker, Dinesh Kacha, tried to save Rajneesh, but they also attacked him. However, Dinesh was successful in getting out of lions' claws and he told other staff about the attack.

The lion dragged Rajneesh Keshwala into the forest and the forest department had to work hard to find him.
After being alerted, the staff rushed to the spot and launched a search for Keshwala. But they could recover only his body. During the search & recovery of Keshwala’s body, lions attacked one of the foresters, identified as Meraman Bharda.

The injured Dinesh and Meraman were shifted to Junagadh Hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, the body of Rajnish Keshav was found later in the forest.

After the incident, the forest department had closed the safari park for tourists.

Rajneesh was a resident of Sasan village.
Under what circumstance the incident took place has not yet come out.
Chief wildlife conservative officer (Wildlife) Akshay Kumar Saxena has been entrusted with the investigation of this whole case by the Chief Conservator of Forest, Junagadh Wildlife Circle, DT Vasavada.

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Apart from this, the Lion/s (Gaurav & Gautam) who attacked humans will no longer/more will be allowed to leave into the open forest for safari during the day (in this case in the Devaliya Safari Park). Because in Devaliya Safari park the lions are kept in enclosures at night and are released in the open during the day.
Devaliya safari park is spread over 412 hectare inside Gir forest. The park is part of Gir (west) division and a chain-linked fencing separates it from the rest of the forest of Gir Sanctuary.

It is worth mentioning here that the open gypsy safari service has been started from this year in Devalia Safari Park. Everyday 70 gipsy goes in with tourists.
For many years, lions safari usually used to take place in the tourist bus and but this year open gipsy safari is introduced in Devlia safari Park now. The number of tourists coming to the lions darshan in Gir forest is increasing massively every each year.

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