West Bengal Forest Minister Manoj Kumar Oraon on Friday said the state Forest Department had no information regarding the alleged discovery of three foetuses belonging to a tigress at Buxa Tiger Reserve.
The minister added that a team from the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) was investigating the circumstances surrounding the tigress’s escape into Assam.
The three-year-old tigress was relocated from Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve to Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district on October 2.
However, the animal later strayed into the neighbouring Raimona forest in Assam. It was subsequently captured using a tranquiliser dart and brought back to Buxa Tiger Reserve on November 4.
