LUCKNOW, Feb. 8 -- Ramping up the number of cages is how the forest department's plans to catch an elusive tiger in Rehmankheda. The move is as per the suggestions of experts from Wildlife Institute of India who conducted a field visit of the area recently.

"We are now increasing the number of cages as per the advice of experts, who said that our strategy to catch the tiger was fine but it needed to intensified on the same lines," said Sitanshu Pandey, the divisional forest officer (DFO) of Awadh Range. The team from the institute visited Rehmankheda on Friday and made the suggestions thereafter.

Under this strategy, the number of trapping cages with a bait placed inside has been increased from four to seven. Also, the number of baits i...