Guwahati, May 23 -- Assam police have arrested three individuals in connection with the brutal killing of a Royal Bengal Tiger in Dusutimukh village, Golaghat district, on Thursday.

The arrested, identified as Trinay Mili, Panika Mili, and Dhurba Mili, are currently being interrogated at Dergaon Police Station as the investigation continues into the shocking incident.

A mob of an estimated 1,000 villagers reportedly killed and dismembered the male Royal Bengal tiger in the Tinighariya Dukhutimukh village.

According to local sources, the tiger had been roaming the village area for about a month, causing panic. Villagers claimed the tiger had recently killed a man named Gopinath Mili and attacked livestock.

Sources asserted that the tig...