LUCKNOW, March 6 -- The villagers of Rehmankheda and the forest teams deployed there, have heaved a collective sigh of relief.

After 12 hours of continuous combing, the elusive tiger was spotted and tranquilised, precisely at 5:30 pm, on Wednesday, bringing to an end a 91-day chase. It took about 15 minutes to conclude, "the about-200-kg, 4-year-old male tiger had (indeed) fallen unconscious."

"The canine tooth measured 7 cm and the tiger was about 10-feet-long, some 4-years-old," said Sunil Chaudhary, principal chief conservator of forest Uttar Pradesh.

At least six people were required to pick up the knocked out big cat, put it on a stretcher, and bring it into the movable cage some 400 m from where it had fallen.

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