Captured man eater tiger taken to Shuklaphanta

BY OUR CORRESPONDENT,Dhangadhi, Apr. 23: The man-eating tiger captured from Belauri Municipality-8 Pachui in Kanchanpur has been taken to Shuklaphanta National Park.

After Gangadevi Chand of the same place was mauled to death by a tiger on Friday, the technical team from Shuklaphanta and Bardia National Parks took control of the tiger today morning. Roshansingh Thagunna, chief conservation officer of the park, informed that the captured tiger was kept in a cage at Shuklaphanta National Park.

According to Thagunna, a letter has been sent to the department to decide whether to release the tiger in Shuklaphanta National Park or any other place. 

It is said that the man-eating tiger is a female of about six years old. Yesterday, Chand, who had gone to cut grass in Khaptinala area, was grabbed and taken to the bush. Other women who went to cut grass with Chand escaped and saved their lives.

After the tiger mauled the woman in the morning and disappeared, a technical team was deployed from last night to control the tiger. "Even though an attempt was made to take control yesterday, it was not possible due to dark," said Thagunna.

Kanchanpur police said that the body of Chand, who had been snatched away by a tiger, was found Saturday morning. There was a fear of tigers in the southern region of Kanchanpur since March. On March 24, a tiger killed Kalsa Sarki of Punarwas Municipality-10, Madan Tole in the Dudhuwa National Park area of ​​India.

Earlier, a woman from Krishnanagar, a border Indian village near Belauri Municipality-1 in Kanchanpur, was also killed by a tiger.