A tiger named ST-2402 from Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan got into a lot of trouble recently. On Friday, wildlife officials helped calm the tiger down and put a radio collar on it to keep track of where it goes. The tiger had been found inside the kitchen of a farmhouse in Raini, which is in Alwar district, some distance from where it usually lives.
Special teams from Ranthambore and Sariska were called in after the tiger was first spotted in Dausa district on Tuesday. However, they couldn’t catch it right away because the tall mustard plants were in the way. The tiger was resting in a field, making it hard to approach.
Things got worse when, on Wednesday, the tiger attacked three people on a farm near Bandikui in Dausa. When the capture team tried to get the tiger at Mahukhurd on Thursday, the tiger attacked their vehicle, breaking its windows.
Pavan Kumar Upadhyay, the chief wildlife warden, said the tiger has now been taken back to Sariska Tiger Reserve. There, it will be kept in a special enclosure, and officials will watch it closely. A group of experts will soon meet to decide what to do next based on rules from the National Tiger Conservation Authority.
On Friday morning, officials were informed that the tiger was at the farmhouse around 6 a.m. The special team got there quickly and, after about three hours of work, successfully tranquillised the tiger.
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