Man Eater of Bihar

Shoot-at-sight order issued against a man-eater tiger in Bihar

Shoot at sight order was issued on Friday against a man-eater tiger in Bihar after the animal was suspected to have killed seven people, including a 12-year-old girl, near Chiwtahan and Govardhan forest area in past 25 days.

A team of forest officials — sharpshooters, trackers and veterinary experts of the State —have been trying to catch the tiger for past six days but the man-eater has continued to wreak havoc in the area.

Neshamani K., Field Director of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR), said that Bihar Chief Wildlife Warden P.K. Gupta has issued orders to shoot the tiger. A team of about 500 forest officials have reached near Dumri village to locate the tiger; a drone has also been deployed to track the animal, said officials.

“The tiger is of about 3.5 years old and has been killing people in the area since September 12. The Bihar government has given order to shoot the tiger at sight which has become dangerous for the local people”, a forest official involved in the operation told local media persons.

On Friday, in Damro Govadhan village under Ram Nagar police station, the tiger dragged a villager — Sanjay Mahto, 35 — to a dense sugarcane field when he had gone to relieve himself in the open nearby. According to the locals, the man had bite marks around his neck and his neck bone had been broken.