Tiger suspected of killing man in BRT Reserve captured

A five-year-old tiger suspected of attacking and killing a 65-year-old man at Sanegala village in the Biligiri Ranganathaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve in Chamarajanagar district was captured by the Forest Department in Tavarekatte Moole early on Saturday.

The Deputy Conservator of Forests and Director of BRT Tiger Reserve, Chamarajanagar, said in a statement that the tiger was captured using a tranquiliser dart at around 6.15 a.m. on Saturday.

On the orders of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife), Bengaluru, the captured tiger was shifted to the Rehabilitation Centre at Koorgalli in Mysuru for further care and safety.

Basavanna, 65, a resident of Badagalapura village in Chamarajanagar taluk, was killed in a wildlife attack while working in his field at Sanegala village on September 14.