Overview
- A field biologist and a veterinarian from the Tadoba–Andhari Tiger Reserve are expected on Monday to inspect conditions and advise next steps.
- Forest teams say the young male continues to circle a roughly 4–5 km area near Thoguta and Mallannasagar, using a small reserve forest and an irrigation canal.
- Officials are conducting round‑the‑clock foot patrols with camera traps and drones, yet they have not obtained a direct sighting.
- Residents of five villages have been urged to observe a night curfew, with local sarpanches advising people to stay indoors from dusk to dawn.
- No attacks or cattle kills have been reported, and Siddipet becomes the 14th Telangana district with tiger presence in five years after the animal’s trek from Maharashtra.