A 23-year-old man was mauled to death by a tiger in the buffer zone of Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district, a forest official said.

The incident took place near Doni village of Karwan beat in Mul buffer range of the reserve on Thursday night, while the body was recovered in the morning, the official said. Bharat Ramdas Kove, a resident of Doni village, was mauled to death by a big cat, chief conservator of forest Dr Jitendra Ramgaonkar said.