Chamarajanagar, June 28 -- Six people have been detained in connection with the tragic poisoning deaths of an eight-year-old tigress and her four cubs in the Hugyam forest range of Male Mahadeshwara Hills in Karnataka.
Forest officials made the grim discovery during a routine patrol on June 26 in Hanur taluk.
A joint probe by the forest department and local police led to the detention of six individuals from Kallebboddi village. The primary suspect, 55-year-old Shivanna, allegedly poisoned the big cats in retaliation for the loss of one of his cows to a tiger attack.
According to forest officials, Shivanna and his absconding son laced another cow carcass with pesticide-laced poison, which was then consumed by the tigress and her cubs.
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