Pilibhit: Stray tiger to be tranquilised

Two days after a tiger killed a woman in Pilibhit,forest officials have decided to tranquilise and catch the stray animal.

Divisional Forest Officer (Social Forestry) Arvind Kumar Singh said he had asked the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) to send a team for the tranquilising operation while forest officials have already gone to fetch two elephants from Dudhwa National Park for the movement of the tranquilsing team in the area.

On Wednesday,the tiger had also attacked a teenaged boy who had gone to his fields near Bilhari village.

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According to forest officials,the tiger left the boy only after his father and grandfather raised an alarm. The boy,identified as Arpit Mishra,suffered injuries on his back. He was admitted to the hospital.

The tiger had killed a woman near Gajraula village on Tuesday. Singh said they were verifying if it was the same tiger who was seen moving in Puranpur forest range. A tranquilising team from WTI was called to the area in July but they could not start the operation in the absence of elephants,said Singh. He said he had sought funds from the forest department to bring elephants from Dudhwa National Park but to no avail.

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