Overview
- Forest officials recovered the radio‑collared male’s carcass on Sunday in the core area’s Manegaon beat, with an investigation underway.
- A post‑mortem conducted under NTCA protocol found a shattered skull and deep canine wounds, leading experts to conclude a fatal clash with another male; the carcass was cremated per guidelines.
- N7 was rescued as an abandoned cub in 2023, rewilded at Kanha’s Ghorella centre, fitted with a satellite collar, and released into the Nauradehi/RDTR landscape on January 18.
- Officials said collar data showed the tiger remained in one location for several days before a field team reached the site and confirmed the death.
- Wildlife activist Ajay Dubey has called for a high‑level NTCA probe, citing 54 tiger deaths in 2025 and 11 so far in 2026, and urged reassessing planned cheetah relocations to RDTR.