Male tiger found dead in Gundal reservoir backwaters in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar
Chamarajanagar: The carcass of a male tiger was discovered in the backwaters of the Gundal reservoir within the Kollegal wildlife tract of the BRT Tiger Reserve in Chamarajanagar district on Sunday, according to forest officials.
The tiger is estimated to be between five and six years old. It was sighted by forest personnel during a routine check in the area in the morning, according to a report published by Deccan Herald.
Sripathi, the Deputy Conservator of Forests, stated that preliminary findings indicate that the tiger was caught in a snare, when it had migrated to the reservoir to drink water after being trapped, and then died.
Forest officials have launched an investigation to find the circumstances leading to the tiger’s death and to identify those responsible for placing the snare.
After the post-mortem examination was conducted and the carcass was cremated in accordance with guidelines laid down by the National Tiger Conservation Authority in the presence of an NTCA member, the principal chief conservator of forests, a representative nominated by the chief wildlife warden, and veterinary doctors.
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Over 17,000 people went missing in Delhi in 2024: NCRB
New Delhi (PTI): A total of 23,058 people, comprising 9,482 men and 13,576 women, were reported missing in Delhi in 2024, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
Of the total, 5,491 were children below the age of 18 — 1,571 boys, 3,920 girls.
The city recorded 17,567 fresh adult missing persons cases in 2024, comprising 7,911 men and 9,656 women.
According to the NCRB data, released on Wednesday, 14,637 men, 18,238 women and six transgender persons were still missing from previous years.
At the latest count, in 2024, Delhi had a total of 55,939 missing persons cases — 24,119 men, 31,814 women and six transgender persons.
In 2024, police traced or collected 28,392 missing persons, including 12,182 men, 16,208 women and two transgender persons.
Only half of the men and half of the women who went missing could be traced.
A total of 27,547 missing persons – 11,937 men, 15,606 women, four transgender persons — were yet to be untraced by the end of the year, the data showed.
The data also revealed that 5,352 children from previous years remained untraced at the beginning of 2024.
The number of still missing boys was 1,621, and the number of missing girls was 3,729. Two transgender children were yet to be found.
After adding the pending cases from previous years, the total number of missing children cases handled in 2024 rose to 10,843.
The police traced or recovered 6,762 missing children — 2,030 boys, 4,732 girls.
The recovery rate stood at 63.6 per cent for boys and 61.9 per cent for girls, while no transgender child was traced.
By the end of 2024, a total of 4,081 children remained untraced, 1,162 of them boys, 2,917 girls, and two transgender children.
