LUCKNOW: The combing operation to track the man-mauling tiger continued on Tuesday in Shahjahanpur forest division. A team of experts and forest officials searched for the tiger in the forest area close to Saraiyan village where the big cat was spotted on Saturday. There has been no killing reported from Pilibhit forest division.
Meanwhile, the big cat, which injured a man in Kuriyani village of Mailani range of south Kheri forest division on early Sunday morning, could not be the same tiger which has wandered out of Pilibhit. The attack could have come from the tigress which was hiding in the fields with a cub, said local forest staff. Though officials, when contacted, did not confirm or deny it.
Kuriyani is a village in south kheri forest division. It is about 10 km from Saraiyan village of Khutar range in Shahjahanpur where tiger was spotted on Saturday night at around 9pm by locals. Terai area is reeling under tiger fear. Since May 3, eight humans have been killed and partially eaten by an adolescent tiger. The last human kill was made on August 26 in Bilandapur forest beat of Shahjahanpur.
The forest department has ordered to tranquillise and capture the tiger. Baits have been tied inside forest patches where tiger was reported to be moving. Enclosures have been set up and villagers are told not to venture into forest's periphery.
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