Overview
- Forest staff discovered the adult tigress during a routine foot patrol in the Nandikotkur Reserved Forest, with the carcass found near Isuka Madugu Rastha in Compartment No. 857.
- The patrol that found the animal was led by Forest Section Officer Guvvala Kuntla and her team.
- A postmortem conducted by forest officials reported that all body parts were intact, and the carcass was cremated following department protocols.
- Authorities have not yet determined the cause of death and say further laboratory analysis and investigations are under way to rule out disease or human involvement.
- The account comes from a forest department press release published by the Press Trust of India and carried by News18, and officials said they will update findings when tests are complete.