The Bengal tiger struck on Tuesday as Fatik Halder was crab fishing in the Sunderbans mangrove forest.
For 20 minutes he was embroiled in a life or death battle with the animal, which bit and clawed him repeatedly.
Photo from here.
As Mr Halder fought the tiger he remembered that his father, Gour, had been killed in a similar attack. He thought of his two children and wife, who were at home waiting for him to return. He frantically dug his heels into the mud and levered his fingers under the tiger's jaws.
Mr Halder then had to survive a traumatic 10-hour journey to Calcutta to get treatment injuries to his upper body.
He now insists that his fishing days are over and that he will be looking for some other job.
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