Kultali is on alert after fresh tiger footprints spotted by the villagers today morning. According to the reports, on Thursday morning some villagers in Kishori Mohanpur area of Maupith-Vaikunthpur gram panchayat had gone for a walk on the bank of a river, a branch of the Thakuran river.
It is being claimed that there they have seen fresh pugmarks of the tiger in the mud. Now all the residents of the village are living in fear. They are coming out of the house in groups.
The forest department officials have been informed about the same.
Local residents claim that the paw prints of the tiger that have appeared in the mud are fresh. It is suspected that the tiger is somewhere in the vicinity. Children and elderly villagers are not being allowed to come out of their houses.
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The Maupith coastal police station has also been informed about this. Forest department officials have also launched a search operation in the area.
The tiger’s paw prints, size and which direction it has gone – all these things are being investigated. It is through these investigations that the tiger’s current whereabouts are being gauged. The tigers come out from their places at Sunderban Tiger Reserve area.
It is to be noted that in June this year too, tiger paw prints were seen in the riverbed at Deulbari village in Kultali.
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