Tigress found dead in Bandipur tiger reserve in Chamarajanagar
Chamarajanagara (PTI): A five-year-old tigress was found dead at Gundre forest range under Bandipur Tiger Reserve limits in this district, officials said on Saturday.
The carcass was found by the forest department personnel on Thursday evening while they were on patrolling duty, they said.
Following the post-mortem conducted on Friday, the forest department officials confirmed that the tigress died of natural causes.
Citing the post-mortem report, Bandipur Conservator of Forest Prabhakaran said the tiger died due to starvation and infighting.
"The tigress was involved in infighting and later starved as it was not able to hunt. As per post-mortem report, no food was found inside its stomach or intestine," he told PTI.
According to forest authorities, on June 26, a tigress and her four cubs were found dead in Male Mahadeshwara Hills under the Hugyam forest range and it has turned out to be a case of apparent revenge by a man whose cow was preyed upon by wild animals.
Three people, including the owner of the dead cow sprayed upon with poison and consumed by the wild cats, were arrested on Saturday in connection with the incident at the MM Hills.
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Haryana cop's death about all Dalits, PM and CM should act immediately: Rahul Gandhi
Chandigarh (PTI): Haryana police officer Y Puran Kumar's death is not about the respect of one family but all Dalits, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday while asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini to act immediately in the case.
Addressing reporters after meeting the family of the senior police officer who was found with a gunshot wound in his Chandigarh home last week, Gandhi said there was systematic discrimination against Kumar to demoralise him and damage his career.
"A wrong message is being sent out to Dalits... that no matter how successful you are, if you are Dalit, you can be oppressed and crushed," the former Congress president said.
He said the Haryana chief minister has not fulfilled his commitment of a free and fair inquiry.
Gandhi said there was a lot of pressure on Kumar's family, particularly his two daughters.
His visit came amid stepped up attacks by the opposition against the Haryana government over Kumar's alleged suicide.
In an eight-page final note purportedly left behind by him, the 52-year-old accused eight senior IPS officers, including Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur and now transferred Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya, of "blatant caste-based discrimination, targeted mental harassment, public humiliation and atrocities".
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