Overview

• About 10 Karnataka forest personnel were forced into a tiger‑trap cage by Bommalapura residents on September 9 after a fresh sighting.
• Assistant Conservators of Forests Suresh and Naveen Kumar reached the village and secured the team's release.
• The forest department says it has deployed drones, camera traps, combing parties and tamed elephants, yet the tiger remains untrapped.
• A case was registered, with the Additional Superintendent of Police confirming five arrests; earlier reports said villagers were booked for detaining staff and damaging a department vehicle.
• Villagers cite repeated cattle kills and delayed responses, while wildlife activists criticize the endangerment of frontline staff in the Bandipur landscape.