Pancharakolli residents pay their last respects to Radha

Prohibitory orders to continue in the area; hartal called by UDF in Mananthavady

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @Mananthavady

HUNDREDS of residents gathered to pay homage to Radha, 47, who was killed in a tiger attack in Pancharakolli in Mananthavady on Saturday. Radha, a coffee plantation worker and wife of Achappan, a temporary watcher in the forest department and a relative of national cricketer Minnu Mani, was attacked by the tiger on Friday when she went to collect coffee beans in the plantation of a private individual where she works.

Radha's body was found half-eaten during the inspection of Thunderbolt commandos. After the postmortem at the Wayanad Government Medical College, Mananthavady, the body was kept at her house in Pancharakolli for the public to pay homage and was cremated later.

Meanwhile, prohibitory orders continue in Pancharakolli, Pilakkavu, Jeesy and Chirakkara divisions of Mananthavady municipality.