Overview
- Forest staff who heard two tigers fighting at night led a search that found the carcass in the Dhamdhama area of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve.
- Reserve officials say the death appears to be from a territorial fight, with the final cause pending a post-mortem and forensic tests.
- Veterinarians, forensic experts, elephant patrols and a dog squad reached the site under National Tiger Conservation Authority protocols, and the area remains cordoned off.
- The body showed attack wounds while vital organs were intact, and teams are tracking the other tiger believed to be involved.
- The tiger was a 10-year-old known as Pujari, and the incident feeds wider concern as media report 33 tiger deaths in Madhya Pradesh this year while authorities work to restore wildlife corridors to ease territorial pressure.