Tiger kills visitor inside Delhi zoo

In a hair-raising incident which was captured live on cameras, a white tiger killed a youth after he fell into the animal’s moat in the Delhi zoo, an official said on Tuesday.

The incident, which took place between 12.30pm and 1pm, created a sensation and word soon spread through the city.

Eyewitnesses and zoo officials said the young man, who was later identified as Maqsood, a resident of Anand Parbat in Delhi, was leaning against the moat which separated the tiger enclosure from the visitors’ gallery, tumbled into the dry moat and immediately was face to face with the tiger ‘Vijay’ which itself appeared initially surprised on seeing the human intrusion.