Udhagamandalam: Forest officials involved in arresting tigers in the Forest Gudalur Division in Nilgiris suffered a fake day on Tuesday.
Tiger killed V Chandran, 56, a worker from Devan-I Estate in the Devarshola area in the Gudalur Division, on September 24.
The day after the incident, the Ministry of Forestry installed five cages and 15 cameras traps on the tea plantation to find and calm him.
Tiger has been roaming the area and killing three cows in the last three days.
On Tuesday, the big cat was seen in the estate Mayfield, two kilometers away from the Estate Devan-i.
“Even though the tigers were seen in the estate Mayfield on Tuesday morning, due to heavy rains, the tiger could not be arrested.
Again it was seen in the nearest area in the afternoon, but hid in thick bushes,” said Shekar Kumar Niraj, head The main conservator forest and head of wildlife.
A total of 70 forest staff and officials were moving in operation.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the expert team from the Wayanad Forest Division in Kerala joined the operation to capture the case of the case.
Kerala Forest Team consisting of 10 officials led by Narendra Babu.
“The Kerala team is very well trained.
Team members have experience in capturing at least seven tigers so far,” Niraj said.
According to Niraj, the Kerala Department of Forest has provided a very standardized cage for the operation.
“We have never had a cage like that.
We can have their better adaptation of expertise after this operation.” The Special Task Force Personnel Team (STF), which should join the operation on Tuesday, failed to do it.
“We will ask the team to immediately join the operation,” Niraj said.
The operation will continue on Wednesday.
It is also believed that the same tiger killed V Kunjikrishnan, 49, residents of Muduguli Village (located in the core area of ​​Mudumalai Tiger Reserve), which was under the relocation process, on July 19.