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Man thrown before a hungry tiger ?

We were school going  kids when we heard of a strange incident.  Even  our elders seemed to be often  talking about it in a concerned manner. I somehow  still remembered it which  now I am going to relate. There were many eminent hotels & restaurants in Calcutta during those days too. However there was a particular hotel which suddenly came to focus. Customers seemed to have taken  some kind of fascination on the delicious  food that it served. Finally the secret came out when a senior police officer was having his lunch. In his mutton  curry he noticed a finger of a little boy ! He became suspicious  and decided to inspect  the kitchen .On further inspection  he found the body of a boy inside a covered drum.He was shocked to find the hotel serving human meat. When the news came out there was a public cry to throw the owner before a hungry tiger. And exactly that was done . He was eaten alive by a zoo tiger of Calcutta! (I am not