Rajasthan Villagers Kill Tiger T-86 with Stones After He Killed Shepherd

Jaipur: A 12-year-old tiger (T-86) was allegedly stoned to death by villrs in Uliyana, near Rajasthan 's Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, after officials said y suspected it of killing a local resident.

body of tiger, kwn as T-86, was discovered in Uliyana on Sunday afteron, showing signs of having been assaulted, according to officials.

Injury marks on tiger's face indicated that he had been hit with stones and attacked with sharp objects like axes, an official reported. Additionally, an older wound suggested that big cat may have been injured in a previous fight with ar tiger.

On death of Tiger T-86, CCF of Ranthambore Tiger Project Anup KR says, "Two types of injuries have been seen on his body in postmortem report. mouth has been hit with a sharp object. skull bones are fractured. It seems that someone must have done this. Action will be taken as per protocol..."

After death of 51-year-old Bharat Lal Meena in a tiger attack, about two dozen villrs attacked T-86 on Sunday afteron, leading to his death, he said.

wild animal's body was found at same site from where victim's body was recovered previous day.

According to Kotwali SHO Rajveer Singh, Meena was grazing goats in Uliyana vill next to tiger reserve on Saturday, when wild animal attacked him, killing him on spot.

tiger sat beside Meena's body until villrs arrived and began shouting, prompting him to flee into forest, Singh said.

Agitated over incident, villrs blocked Sawai Madhopur-Kundera road.

Previously, T-86 had been injured in a territorial clash with ar tiger and was under monitoring by forest department, according to officials.

"Currently, a postmortem of tiger is underway," said Aop K R, Field Director of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, which currently has around 70 tigers left.

(with PTI inputs)