Mysore/Mysuru, Jan. 7 -- Four elephants pressed into service; housed in Aloka at Yelwal

Following a tiger being spotted at Mysore Airport in Mandakalli late night on Jan. 4 and in the wee hours of Jan. 5, the Forest Department has summoned four Dasara elephants from Dubare Elephant Camp yesterday to conduct combing operations.

The Forest Department have commenced combing operation by deploying drone cameras to trace the elusive big cat this morning and once the tiger is spotted on the drone cameras, the Forest authorities will bring the four Dasara elephants - Harsha, Sugreeva, Kanjan and Prashanth - to the spot and take steps to capture the tiger.

After the four Dasara elephants were summoned, they were housed in the Airport premises ...