Karauli (Rajasthan): T-104, a tiger who was constantly straying out of the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve has killed his third victim on Friday in Medpura-Basari village of Karauli district.
With T-104 reported to have been prowling near human settlements in the regions of Sawai Madhopur and Karauli, the forest department is now trying to locate and capture the tiger.
Allegedly, the incident took place when the tiger was wandering out of the National Ranthambore Sanctuary near the Kailadevi forest area in search of its shelter and attacked his third victim.
Three teams of Jaipur Kota Ranthambore Sanctuary are continuously trying to track the tiger.
T-104 has killed three people in eight months in Ranthambore's Sawaimadhopur village and nearby areas.
After the incident, the team of Ranthambore, Kota and Jaipur Forest Department is having a hard time to tranquilize T-104.
Ever since the tiger was separated from her mother Laila T-41, he is wandering in search of new territory.
T-104 first attack Rundhambore's Kundera on 2 February 2019 which killed Munni Devi.
This tiger turned to the Kailadevi forest area where it made a second attack on Roop Singh of Karauli city.
According to departmental officials, T-104 is not a man-eater yet as per the rules of the forest department, it can be called a man killer.
Although officials are not saying that T-104 has turned into a “man-killer,” the animal's sudden behavior can be traced when it was chased away from the Reserve by “dominant males,” stated a report.
Manoj Parashar, Chief Conservator of Forests said, "T-104 will be tranquilized soon. Once he is caught, T-104 will be left in the enclosure made at Amli in Ranthambore so that no human can become a victim of it."
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) will oversee the decision and will base it as per their standard operating procedure.
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