The Forest department is preparing to capture the big cat which is suspected to have killed a farmer at Koodallur, near Vakery, in Wayanad district on Saturday.
Fear gripped the area after Prajish, 36, of Marottithadathil, a farmer at Koodallur under the Chethalayath forest range of the South Wayanad Forest Division, was killed, suspected to be in a tiger attack, on Saturday noon.
A tense situation prevailed at the taluk hospital at Sulthan Bathery, where the post-mortem examination of the deceased farmer was performed, after an irate mob sought the intervention of the government to issue an order to kill the man-eater. The mob warned that they would not receive the body until the Chief Wildlife Warden issued the order.
