Chandrapur: The injured tigress, which had mauled a veterinary doctor in Tadoba buffer zone a couple of days ago, died due to its injuries on Saturday.
The carcass was recovered in the same nullah where it had attacked Dr Ravikant Khobragade.
Post-mortem confirmed that the beast had multiple injuries that had festered leading to the death.
The four-year-old tigress was under observation since June 2 as it lay idle in compartment no.
327 of Doni forest in buffer zone.
The foresters were keeping track of its movement even after it attacked the veterinarian.
It did not move away from the nullah and died there.
Senior Tadoba officers conducted inquest formality and moved the carcass to the transit treatment centre (TTC) in Chandrapur where a team of vets including Dr PM Kadukar, Dr Kundan Podchalwar and Dr SJ Bawane carried out the post-mortem in presence of PCCF representative Mukesh Bhandhakkar and NTCA representative Bandu Dhotre.
CCF, TATR, Jitendra Ramgaonkar said the tigress died of hypovolemic shock resulting from internal haemorrhage due to severe external injuries.
All its body parts were found intact, he said.The carcass were later incinerated at the TTC in presence of senior forest officials and representatives of PCCF and NTCA.
Injured Tadoba tigress dies in nullah where it mauled vet
