Task Force Inspector Ranaprathap said that Shinde Shyam Rao was apprehended while peddling the contraband substance to potential buyers from Wankidi, Asifabad and Karimnagar.
People are mistakenly assuming leopards as tigers due to lack of familiarity with wildlife even as the risk factor is almost similar when they attack humans and cattle or are sighted.
Forest officials said that a team was scanning the fields to gather pugmarks of the tiger. They believed that a tiger from Maharashtra might have strayed into the forests of Wankidi in search of territory and a partner for mating
Officials said the tiger was moving in the plains and attacking humans only when it encountered them on its way in agriculture fields or if it was irritated by villagers who took photographs and videos.
While the cotton crop ready for harvesting, venturing out into fields to harvest cotton balls has become a risky affair, with more than one tiger on the prowl
Officials are facing problems in monitoring movement of both resident and migrant tigers due to shortage of staff, considering the vast area of the forests.
A youngster, Srinivas from Bejjur mandal centre claimed that he sighted a tiger at a spot called Golla Devara located in the forests between two villages at 10 pm
The fear of the villagers can be justified as tigers killed three humans in the last four years, all in the month of November. Their fears have aggravated with the latest human loss on Friday.
Kagaznagar Rural Inspector Srinivas and Sub-Inspector Mahender confirmed that Saraswathi Sarkar, a resident of village number 2 in Easgaon, was arrested for the murder of her 44-year-old husband, Dilal Sarkar.
