An elderly man died in a tiger attack in eastern Chitwan on Sunday.

The deceased has been identified as Narayan Dahal (65) of Khaireni Municipality-13.

According to the District Police Office, Chitwan the tiger attacked Dahal and mauled him to death when he had gone to a nearby community forest to collect green fodder for the cattle at around 8 am today.

The body was recovered at around 10 am.