Hyderabad, Feb. 3 -- The tiger that created fear and panic among villagers in Telangana's Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district for the past two weeks appears to be heading back to its original habitat in Maharashtra, Forest Department officials said on Monday, February 2, even as it has already killed several livestock in its journey down south.

Forest officials inspected the cages set up on the outskirts of Gandamalla village on Monday, a day after the tiger attacked and killed a calf belonging to a farmer named Narsimhulu. Since Sunday, February 1, the tiger has been feeding on its kill, officials said.

The big cat's pugmarks were first seen in Begumpeta village on January 17 by a farmer and later that night, it killed a calf at Ibrahimpur vi...