India, Jan. 5 -- The state forest department late on Sunday tranquilised a tigress suspected to have killed a 30-year-old labourer in Bhalon village of Ramnagar in Nainital district, nearly five-and-a-half hours after the incident, officials said. The big cat was later shifted to the Dhela Rescue Centre in Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR).

Forest officials said the tigress returned to the incident site nearly five hours after attacking and killing the labourer, following which a veterinary team successfully tranquilised her using a dart gun.

According to officials, the incident occurred around 6.30pm on Sunday under the Patkot beat of Kota range in the Ramnagar forest division, when the tigress attacked the labourer, who was working on a pip...