A tiger with a trident-like mark which had created panic in Ghunghuti forest range has been caught and put in an enclosure at Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Umaria district.
"Our officials captured the animal yesterday from Ghunghuti range," Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Jitendra Agrawal told PTI.
The tiger, weighing around 280 kg, was today put in Beherha enclosure of BTR, he added.
People living in Ghunghuti range blamed the tiger, identified by a trident-like mark, for six-seven deaths in the area in the last two years, Agrawal said.
It was possible that some other wild animal might have killed these persons, he added.
A month ago, one person was killed, and people again suspected that this tiger was responsible.
"So we had put up 32 cameras and deployed men on elephants to catch it. Finally we caught the tiger yesterday," Agrawal added.
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