Missing tiger continues to elude officials for fourth day

Jaipur/Agra: Even after four days, the forest officials have not been able to tranquillise the tiger that strayed into the territory of Utter Pradesh and injured a few people in Fara village between Mathura and Agra districts. In fact, the forest officials have failed to trace the tiger, suspected to be Mohan till the reports last came in.

On Monday the state government had sent a team comprising of forest officials to rescue the tiger, which had strayed in the village of Uttar Pradesh.

The move had been made since it was for the first time that any tiger had strayed in that area. The team had gone to help their counterparts in Uttar Pradesh to rescue the big cat.

The four member team comprises of assistant chief conservator of forests (ACCF) Rahul Kumar, district forest officer (DFO) of Dhaulpur RK Bhati, Jaipur zonal veterinary medical officer Arvind Mathur and ACF Kalicharan Verma. The team is armed with the tranquilising gun to control the big cat.

Meanwhile, reports from Uttar Pradesh revealed that the forest officials have been trying their best to control the big cat. They have even tied buffalo calves as bait for the tiger along the canal side in Ganjoli and Dhana Jeevna areas in Uttar Pradesh. However, their efforts to trace the tiger have not borne any fruits till now.

According to sources in the forest department, reports are also doing the rounds that the tiger might be on its way back to Rajasthan as his pug marks have been spotted near the Rajasthan border.

However, it has not yet been confirmed whether the tiger is actually returning to Rajasthan or is still roaming in Uttar Pradesh territory, sources added.

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