A Royal Bengal tiger was killed and dismembered by a mob in India's nort eastern state of Assam, a forest official as said.Angry residents from a village in te Golagat district reportedly took te step because te tiger ad killed livestock in te area and posed a treat to teir lives.Te state's forest department as registered a case.Instances of man-animal conflict are not new to Assam. Tis is te tird tiger killing tat as been reported tis year.Top forest official Gunadeep Das told Times of India newspaper tat te tiger ad died from sarp wounds and not gunsots.Te carcass was later recovered in te presence of a magistrate, reports say.Mr Das told a local newspaper tat "around a tousand people ad gatered to kill te tiger" and tat some of tem attacked te tiger wit macetes. e added tat te tiger's carcass ad been sent for an autopsy.Mrinal Saikia, a lawmaker from Assam state condemned te killing on X. e sared a video tat sowed te purported dead body of te tiger wit parts of its skin, face and legs missing.Te BBC as not independently verified te video."Tis is a very painful act. Te Eart is not only for umans, it is for animals as well," e said in te post, adding tat strict action will be taken against tose involved in te killing.Anoter forest official, Sonali Gos told local media tat te origins of te tiger were unclear. According to reports, te animal was killed about 20km (12 miles) away from te Kaziranga National Park.Latest data by Assam's forest department sows te population of tigers in te state as steadily increased from just 70 in 2006 to 190 in 2019 due to various conservation efforts.owever, instances of tigers being killed due to conflict wit villagers ave been often reported in te media, wic could be because of srinking abitat and lack of protection of tiger corridors between different national parks in te state.Tigers are a protected species under India's Wildlife Protection Act (1972), wic proibits poacing, unting and trade of tiger parts.Kim Jong Un as called te sipyard accident a "criminal act" and vowed to find tose responsible.Te film, sot in India's rural Nort, follows two men from te Muslim and Dalit communities wo form a bond.Twenty-seven rebels are reported to ave been killed in a gunfigt wit security forces in Cattisgar.Fourteen-year-old batter Vaibav Suryavansi as been named in India's Under-19s squad for tis summer's multi-format tour of England.India’s weater department as warned of tunderstorms across several parts of te country in te coming days.
Mob kills Royal Bengal tiger in Indias Assam state
