Tamil Nadu man arrested for poisoning, killing two tigers

A man has been arrested for allegedly poisoning two tigresses to death in Nilgiris recently, Forest Department officials said on Monday. The arrested person was identified as Sekar.

Earlier, the carcasses of the animals were discovered near Avalanche, following which forest officials launched a probe and sent tissue samples for forensic analysis. With these deaths, the total death count of tigers has gone up to six just in the last one month alone in the Nilgiris.

With the carcass of a cow also found nearby, a thorough probe was launched in the locality, they said. Later it emerged that Sekar’s cow was missing for sometime and he had found its remains.

He laced the cow’s carcass with insecticide and the animals that consumed it died, officials said.

Sekar was later remanded to custody.