Lakhimpur News: A dreaded tiger, which had become synonymous with terror in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, has been caught. The forest department team has caged the man-eating tiger. This tiger has killed seven people so far. People have heaved a sigh of relief after the tiger was caught. For the past several months, people in the rural areas were terrified of the tiger and were afraid to go to the fields and barns. The entire matter is of Maheshpur forest range area.

Actually, a farmer was attacked by a tiger in Mannapur area recently, due to which he died on the spot. At the time when the tiger attacked, Kandhai Lal Yadav was watering the field. Then in the evening the tiger attacked him, due to which he died on the spot. On receiving the information of the tiger attack, the local administration and the forest department team reached the spot and were continuously conducting a search operation to catch the tiger. After a lot of hard work, the forest department team succeeded in catching the tiger.

Crowd of villagers gathered to see the tiger.
As soon as the news of tiger being caught in the trap set by the forest department team reached the villagers, a huge crowd of villagers gathered to see the tiger. Police and forest department team had a tough time controlling the crowd. People heaved a sigh of relief after the tiger was caught. According to the officials, a team of doctors has been called. After medical examination and instructions from the top officials, the tiger will be released in the forest.

To cage the tiger, DFO Sanjay Biswal, Ranger Nareshpal Singh along with forest workers reached Mannapur on Friday and installed the cage and cameras. Employees were deployed on duty to monitor it. The forest team combed the nearby villages but the tiger was not found. Last night the tiger came out in search of prey and got trapped in the forest cage.