Jaipur, June 10 -- A 70-year-old man who worked as a guard in Ranthambore fort was mauled to death by a tiger on Monday morning, forest officials aware of the matter said. This marks the third fatal tiger attack in the area in less than two months. The victim, Radheshyam Mali who was a resident of Sherpur village and a guard at the Jain temple near the Trinetra Ganesh Mandir for narly three decades, was attacked around 4.30am when he stepped out to relieve himself. According to Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) field director Anoop KR, two other guards sleeping nearby heard his screams but were unable to intervene. He added the body was recovered about 30 to 40 metres from the temple, following a trail of blood. "The body bore deep neck wounds consistent with a tiger attack and was partially eaten around the lower body." Mali, a resident of Sherpur village, had served at the temple for over three decades and lived within the fort premises. A forest official familiar with the development said the RTR administration has installed camera traps in the area to identify the tiger. The hair sample from the body and nearby has been collected and sent to National Sample for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore for DNA assessment to identify the tiger. The NCBS has already have DNA records of many big cats including that of Arrowhead and her cubs. Just hours after the attack, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) issued a long-anticipated order approving the relocation of the cubs of tigress Arrowhead to other tiger reserves in the state. This decision follows the recommendations of a five-member committee constituted by the forest department on May 13 to investigate a string of fatal incidents believed to involve one of Arrowhead's female cubs. The committee was formed after a forest ranger was killed on May 11 near the same temple area. The same cub is also suspected in the death of a 7-year-old boy in a nearby village on April 16. The panel was tasked with assessing whether the attacks were isolated or part of a behavioural pattern indicating that the animal had become habituated to killing humans. The committee has recommended shifting Arrowhead's daughter Kankati to Mukundra Hills, another daughter to enclosure in Karauli-Dholpur Reserve and the male cub to Ramgarh Vishdhari. Following Monday's incident, angry villagers blocked the Sawai Madhopur-Kundera road in protest. Police were deployed to the site and eventually managed to pacify the demonstrators and restore order. On Sunday, after tiger movement was reported today inside the Ranthambore Fort, the authorities had closed the Trinetra Ganesh route and stopped devotees at the entrance gate near Ganesh Dham. "Tigress Ridhi appears to have expanded her territory to include the fort as well. She finds easy prey like sambar and chital there, and her two male cubs are also frequently accompanying her," said the official. The RTR administration has made several correspondences with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), requesting repairs to the boundary wall of the fort, which is damaged in many places. The administration had informed the ASI that tigresses with cubs and other wild animals are entering the fort premises, increasing the risk of human-animal conflict. The ASI was reminded again in April. The area surrounding Jogi Mahal has long been a cradle for tigresses raising their young. Today, three tigresses with three cubs each, along with two adult males, inhabit this 85 square kilometre zone. A senior Indian Forest Service (IFS) official familiar with the situation shed light on the challenges facing Ranthambore. "Big cats are currently concentrated in Zones 2, 3, and 4 due to the abundance of water bodies and grasslands there. Improving the habitat and developing more grasslands will encourage a more uniform distribution of tigers across the reserve."...