Haldwani, Jan. 6 -- A tigress suspected to have been responsible for the death of a 30-year-old man in Bhalon village in Nainital district's Ramnagar on Sunday night was successfully tranquillised later that same night, forest officials said on Monday. The tigress was later shifted to the Dhela Rescue Centre in Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR). The deceased was identified as Abhimanyu Kumar (30), a resident of Jokatiya village in Bettiah district of Bihar. According to officials, the incident occurred around 6.30 pm on Sunday under the Patkot beat of Kota range in the Ramnagar forest division, when a tigress attacked Kumar, who was employed as a labourer at a pipeline-laying project and dragged him into the forest. An offficial said that villagers gathered at the site and protested following the incident, prompting the department to call in a veterinary team. "A team of veterinarians led by senior doctor Dushyant Sharma of Corbett Tiger Reserve reached the spot around 7.30 pm, nearly an hour after the incident, and waited for the big cat to return," he said. "At around 11.30 pm, the tiger or tigress came back to the incident site. As soon as it reappeared, the team tranquilised it using a dart gun. The tigress was then rescued and shifted to the Dhela Rescue Centre," the DFO added. Veterinarian Dr Dushyant Sharma said the animal was a tigress in good health. "She is around two-and-a-half years old and appears healthy." He added that DNA samples were being collected from the tigress and will be sent for forensic testing to confirm whether she was responsible for killing the labourer. "Until the results are received, the tigress will remain at the rescue centre," Sharma said....