Overview
- Forest Department teams verified tiger pugmarks in agricultural fields near Bahadurkhanpet and Vedurugutta in Karimnagar rural mandal on Tuesday.
- Forest and Karimnagar rural police personnel are camping in the area and using a drone to scan a suspected hideout in a maize field owned by Gurram Madhukar.
- Authorities issued public warnings with tom-tom announcements in nearby villages and alerted local sarpanches to enforce precautionary measures.
- Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar sought updates from district forest officials and urged adherence to standard operating procedures for village safety.
- Officials say the animal likely dispersed from Nizamabad or Adilabad after moving across multiple Telangana districts, and there is still no verified visual sighting beyond tracks and other indirect signs.