HYDERABAD: People of three villages in Mancherial are in the grip of fear as they have found evidence of presence of a tiger in their vicinity. The carcass of a buffalo was found in
Mudigunta village and the villagers believe it was attacked by a tiger on Sunday night.
The three-and-a-half-year-old male tiger whom
Telangana forest officials have named ‘A2’ has strayed into
Telangana from Maharashtra. In the last 25 days, it has been spotted at different places and also caught on CCTV.
Forest officials are keeping a watch on the movements of the tiger to enable it to go back into the forest as it seemed to have lost its way. Some workers also came in close range of being able to take videos of the tiger while they were at work.
The tiger was spotted in the Singareni Collieries mines area and Ramagundam commissioner of police V
Satyanarayana went to the spot where the tiger left its trail on June 5. He warned the locals against resorting to any attacks against the tiger. The pug marks were found at Srirampur area in the coal mines belt. The commissioner issued a warning to the local public against keeping any snare for the tiger to catch it. He said forest officials were on the job of trying to facilitate the tiger getting back into the Kawal forest reserve as it seemed to have lost its way.
Forest officials have been assuring the villagers that it would be safe for them if they did not go into the forest alone and advised precaution. However, with the evidence of the latest movement of the tiger found, the villagers of Mudigunta, Kankur and Gudupalli are now a worried lot. They have urged the authorities to take some action as they fear the tiger may attack them too.