Hyderabad/Bihar, Oct. 8 -- Sharpshooter Nawab Shafath Ali Khan shot dead a man-eater tiger at Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) in Bihar's west Champaran district on Saturday after it allegedly killed nine people in the last few days.

"The wild cat was shot dead in Bagaha by a team of 500 forest personnel brought in from Hyderabad and Patna to Dumri village. A drone was deployed to track the animal," chief wildlife warden Prabhat Kumar Gupta said.

Reports suggest that the tiger was three and a half years old at the time of its death. It had been killing people since September 12. It is suspected to have killed a 12-year-old girl whilst sleeping in her home in Sinhi village under Baghi panchayat on the night of October 6.

According to a fores...