Bandipur man-eating tiger caught in Karnataka after 5 days of search operation

Bandipur: An elusive man-eating tiger in Karnataka's Bandipur reserve forest, who was believed to have eaten two persons, was finally captured on Sunday afternoon, concluding the search operation that went on for five days.

The tiger was captured late in the afternoon with the help of Soliga tribals, who spotted it hiding in a bush," state Chief Wildlife Warden Sanjay Mohan, who was supervising operations from outside the forest was quoted by news agency IANS as saying.

The tiger, aged between four and six years, had killed two men since last month and a search was on for the animal since October 9 in the 872km Bandipur forest in the state`s Chamarajanagar district, about 220 km southwest of Bengaluru.