Overview
- Forest officials said a post-mortem found the fully grown male tiger was electrocuted after its carcass was discovered Sunday near Hilgan village in the Dhana range of Sagar district.
- The animal, estimated to be about eight years old, had all body parts intact with no visible external injuries and no radio collar, according to the divisional forest officer.
- Investigators are probing whether the shock came from improvised live wires used around fields or from a deliberate electric trap, and a dog squad has been deployed to track suspects.
- With this death, Madhya Pradesh’s tiger fatalities in 2025 have reached 55, the highest in the state since Project Tiger began in 1973, prompting heightened administrative attention.
- Teams are tracing the tiger’s origin by sharing photographs with nearby reserves including Nauradehi and Panna, as the forest department faces activist criticism and a minister’s assertion that many deaths stem from natural territorial fights.