Put into a cage wrapped with black cloth, it has been taken to an animal health care facility at Bonny camp in the Jharkhali area of Sunderbans for medical test The royal Bengal Tiger that had strayed into human habitation in Kultali of South 24-Parganas district last Thursday and evaded traps and drone cameras, was finally on Tuesday morning tranquillised inside an enclosed jungle.

Nabbing the tiger was made possible only after the fire brigade team, which was engaged by the forest department, began to spray water and burst crackers filled with chilli powder near the big cat’s suspected hideout, compelling it to come out. 


Two tranquillisers were immediately pumped into it that eventually made it unconscious within a few minutes. 

The tiger was later put into a cage wrapped with black cloth and taken to an animal health care facility at Bonny camp in the Jharkhali area of Sunderbans for medical test, a forest official said. It regained consciousness while it was being taken for medical check-up on a boat. It is expected to be released in Dhulibhasani jungle on Wednesday.