A white tiger mauled and killed a youth after he fell into the tiger’s moat in the Delhi Zoo on Tuesday.
The incident created a sensation, and word soon spread through India with photos and videos of the tiger.
According to eyewitnesses and zoo officials, the young man Maqsood, 22, a resident of Delhi, crossing the stand-off barrier of the white tiger, fell into the moat.
Some distance away, the tiger, named Vijay, saw the man in the concrete moat and bounded up to him.
An agitated crowd began screaming and throwing stones to deter the tiger but in vain. After swiping at Maqsood once, the tiger killed him by crushing his neck with a single bite.
