India, May 22 -- The carcass of a tiger was found on Thursday morning in Assam's Golaghat district, police said. The tiger is suspected to have been killed by villagers on suspicion of being a man-eater with police searching for the villagers involved in the death of the big cat.

The carcass of the tiger was found at Dumukhia village in Khumtai revenue circle with some body parts missing, which are alleged to have been cut off by the villagers after killing the animal.

"We received information around 8:30am that some villagers in the area were attacking a tiger. A team of forest and police officials rushed to the spot to try and save the animal," said Gaunadip Das, divisional forest officer (DFO, Golaghat forest division.

"But by the t...