PILIBHIT: Officials at Pilibhit forest and wildlife division on Saturday wrote to the UP chief wildlife warden Anajani Kumar Acharya seeking permission to tranquilise a stray tiger that frequents between Jamunia and Pipariya Santosh villages.
According to the authorities, the feline was spotted in a wheat field adjacent to a sugarcane field in Pipariya Santosh on Friday. A team of field forest force was deployed to monitor the big cat and prevent its movement towards habitation.