India, Feb. 11 -- The Madhya Pradesh high court, Jabalpur bench, has directed Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve to submit the cause of death and postmortem reports for six tigers that died this year, and the MP forest department to provide a detailed investigation report on the 54 tiger deaths recorded last year.

The division bench of high court chief justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and justice Vinay Saraf on Wednesday was hearing a petition filed by Bhopal-based wildlife activist Ajay Dubey regarding the deaths of 54 tigers in Madhya Pradesh, the highest since the launch of the Tiger Project in the country.

Field director of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve Anupam Sahay and MP forest officer has been asked to submit the detailed report by February 25.

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