Nagpur, 14 June (HS):

A decomposed carcass of a tiger was found on Friday morning in Compartment No.

275PF near Tower No. 08, in the Bandra Range under the Deolapar Wildlife and

Territorial Forest Division in Nagpur district. The carcass was found around

11:00 am during patrolling by Forest Personnel.

Following the

sighting, forest officials conducted an inspection within a radius of 2-kilometre

of the site but did not find any evidence of illegal activity. A post-mortem

was conducted at the site in the presence of senior officials, including Dr

Kishor Mankar, Field Director of Pench Tiger Reserve, Dr Bharat Singh Hada,

Deputy Conservator of Forest (Territorial) Nagpur, and P Kodape, Divisional

Vigilance Officer. Veterinary experts Dr Babita Meshram, Dr Rajesh Phulsange,

and Dr Mayank Barde performed the necropsy. At the same time, NTCA representative Anjinkya

Bhatkar and Mandar Pingle from the office of the Chief Wildlife Warden also

attended.

Officials

confirmed that the tiger’s body was largely intact, with no missing teeth,

claws, or body parts. Samples collected from the carcass have been sent for further

investigations.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar