UDALGURI, Dec 13 - A full-grown Royal Bengal tiger has been creating panic in and around the Borobazar area under the Rowta Police Station. The area in the vicinity of the Orang National Park has been frequented by tigers since long.
Madhurya Prasad Sarmah, Divisional Forest Officer of Dhansiri Forest Division, told this correspondent that the tiger that has hunted domestic animals like cattle, pigs and goats since November 11 has been spotted at Borobazar in recent times.
The Forest Department has taken all measures to trap the tiger and shift it to the Manas National Park. �Till date, five cows, six pigs and two goats were killed by the tiger. We hope that the tiger will be trapped in a day or two and it will be shifted to Manas,� Sarmah added.
The Forest officer pointed out that the increase in the population of Royal Bengal tigers in the Orang National Park is the possible reason for their straying into human habitations due to lack of adequate forest coverage.
Meanwhile, the Forest department of Udalguri district has put into place safety measures for panic-stricken villagers and a number of cages have been placed in the vicinity of the area frequented by the tiger.