Kaziranga Park Forest Official Suspended for Firing on Royal Bengal Tiger

GUWAHATI: A forest department personnel has been suspended for an "unwanted firing" at a Royal Bengal tiger in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve a few days ago.An official release issued on Sunday stated that "An inquiry conducted by the Assistance Conservator of Forests into the incident revealed that the firing was unwarranted based on which the staff concerned was suspended".

A post-mortem conducted on the carcass revealed a bullet injury through the lungs and the heart, causing death, the release stated.

"The carcass of the male tiger was found near Japoripothar, under Kohora range of the National Park, on June 18 by a staff of the Bheroni camp", it read. The tiger had died of a gunshot injury during a conflict event the previous day, fired by a staff of Bheroni camp, who has been now suspended", it further stated. The tiger had killed a cow in the area on June 17 and the staff from Bheroni camp, called in by the villagers, had fired to scare it away", the release added."

Earlier in January, the forest department of Biswanath Chariali held a press conference and said that the forest officials killed the wild buffalo in self-defense.

Addressing the media, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Biswanath, Mukut Das said, "On Friday a wild buffalo killed one person named Sukur Ali in Komalia village in Biswanath, Assam. And after the incident took place our officials along with police personnel reached the spot and tried to chase the buffalo towards the forest, meanwhile, it tried to attack them which forced our forest personnel to shoot, in order to save their lives."

The DFO further added that on Thursday (January 14) two people had died in Biswanath one in an Elephant attack and another in a buffalo attack.

"We also informed the doctors from Kaziranga National Park (KNP) and along with the doctors we tried to tranquilize the animals, however, we failed to do so due to evening," he added.

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