A female tiger roaming across villages in Bellampalli mandal of Mancherial district has caused panic among residents. Farmers are hesitant to harvest crops, while forest officials have deployed trackers, installed camera traps and issued safety advisories to villagers.
The locals regretted that low-lying areas of the village were getting inundated once the village registered heavy rains. Sewage from several localities was also stagnating in the area
Mandamarri Sub-Inspector Rajashekhar said that Pillalamarri Lalitha, a daily wage earner from Yapal area in the town received serious injuries when the lorry hit her, resulting in instantaneous death
Villagers reported that a tiger attacked and killed a calf grazing in the forests of Sonapur, located on the border between Telangana and Maharashtra, early in the morning. They suspected that the same tiger, which had injured five cows in a herd at Dhaba village on Sunday, might have been responsible for the calf's death.
Meghana and Kalyani had serious injuries, while father Rajesh and mother Alekhya received minor injuries when the car turned turtle at a curve on the highway at a power substation at 12.30 pm
Students from a Zilla Parishad High School, along with the victim's parents and residents of Buguruguda village, temporarily blocked traffic on the Mancherial-Chandrapur highway while demanding justice and action against the perpetrator. They chanted slogans condemning the culprit.
