A four-year-old male tiger was found dead in a farm in the Sariska forest area in Rajasthan's Alwar district, officials said today.
The tiger was killed yesterday after it got his neck caught in the noose of a wire placed by a farmer to stop wild animals from damaging his crop, Chief Conservator of Forest (Alwar) Govind Bharadwaj said.
He prima facie died of strangulation, Bharadwaj said.
He said the farmer had surrendered before the forest department. He was booked under the Wildlife Protection Act and arrested, Bharadwaj added.
The incident occurred near the Kalamedha area under the sadar forest range, the CCF said, adding that a postmortem report was awaited.
The farmer was being interrogated to ascertain if it was a case of poaching, Bharadwaj said.