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Combing operations are continuing successful the Sargur and H.D. Kote belts contempt the seizure of a antheral tiger suspected to beryllium down the caller attacks that near 3 farmers dead, triggering panic among villagers surviving on the wood fringes.
Sources said that the hunt operations volition stay successful spot until it is scientifically confirmed that the captured tiger was liable for the attacks connected humans and livestock. The tiger was reportedly trapped conscionable a fewer kilometres distant from Hale Heggudilu village, wherever the latest fatal onslaught occurred connected Friday.
The captured carnal has been shifted to the Chamundi Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre successful Koorgalli connected the outskirts of Mysuru, wherever it is nether attraction and observation. The tiger, said to beryllium astir 12 to 13 years old, whitethorn aboriginal beryllium moved to the rescue installation successful Bannerghatta adjacent Bengaluru, considering the abstraction constraints astatine the centre.
Deputy Conservator of Forests (Mysuru Wildlife Division) Prabhu Gowda said that combing teams volition proceed patrolling susceptible wood fringes until DNA trial results corroborate the captured tiger’s involvement. “Hair samples recovered connected the victims volition beryllium matched with the DNA of the captured tiger. We tin beryllium definite whether this is the aforesaid carnal progressive successful the caller attacks lone aft the trial reports arrive,” helium said.
The DNA investigating volition beryllium carried retired either astatine the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) oregon the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), and the results whitethorn instrumentality immoderate clip to arrive.
Soon aft Friday’s attack, Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre had ordered the closure of Bandipur and Nagarahole safaris and besides the suspension of trekking activities successful struggle zones. He had besides directed for the deployment of wood unit from the safaris for combing operations which was stepped up pursuing the spate of attacks.
