LUCKNOW, Sept. 22 -- After terrorising people in the region for weeks, a tigress that mauled a man to death last month was finally caught and rescued in Sitapur's Maholi range late on Saturday night, forest officials confirmed.

Divisional forest officer Naveen Khandelwal said on Sunday: "The tigress was trapped in a cage in Narni village under Maholi forest range and tranquilised. It was then taken to the Isliya forest area for primary assessment of her health. A decision on her final destination will be taken by senior officials later."

The feline struck terror in the region after it killed a 22-year-old farmer on August 22. It then killed several domestic animals.

Anuradha Vemuri, the principal chief conservator of forest (wildlife) ...