Two tigers found dead in MP forests

Umaria/Seoni: A tigress and a male cub died in different forest areas of Madhya Pradesh in the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday.

A two-year-old tigress was found dead on Monday in a well in the area of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Umaria district.

"The tigress might have fallen into the well while running away from an attack by wild animals and drowned," BTR's ranger Vijay Shankar Shrivastava said.

The forest department was probing the feline's death from various angles, he said.

The well is located in Milli village, which was included in the BTR's core area some years back.

Besides, a mutilated carcass of a male cub was yesterday found in the Karmajhiri range of Pench National Park in Seoni district.

The park's field director, Shubhranjan Sen, said it seemed as if a powerful male tiger active in the area had attacked the cub.