Chandrapur: Bringing relief to residents of villages along forest fringes, a five-year-old tiger ‘Trishul’, linked to three human deaths in Chimur taluka over the past six months, was finally captured by the regional forest dept during a night operation on Tuesday.The operation was carried out around 11.30pm in compartment 380 of the Garadapar-Urkudpar forest. The tiger was tranquilised by veterinary officer Dr Ravikant Khobragade, with assistance from marksman Ajay Marathe, following intensive tracking and monitoring by forest personnel. It was shifted to the Transit Treatment Centre (TTC) at Brahmapuri around 2.30am on Wednesday for further treatment and care.Trishul was linked to the deaths of Shankar Masram of Vahangon on April 23, Rajendra Bhoyar of Navegaon Navin on July 6 and Sadashiv Khadsang of Garadapar on October 30. Khadsang, 55, was killed in an attack near his village, triggering fear and anger across the surrounding villages.Following the latest fatality, Chimur regional range forest officer Kishor Deulkar and his team intensified surveillance, deploying camera traps and conducting round-the-clock monitoring. The tiger was captured within four days of the attack.Former deputy sarpanch Pramod Shrirame said villagers had repeatedly demanded Trishul’s capture after the earlier attacks, and welcomed the operation as a major relief for the buffer zone villages.
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