Royal Bengal tiger found dead

BHARATPUR: A Royal Bengal tiger has been found dead in the Hariyali Community Forest in Chitwan.

The female tiger of around six to seven years old was found dead in the community forest under the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park (CNP) at Bharatpur Municipality-27 this morning, said CNP Information Officer Ganesh Prasad Tiwari.

According to Tiwari, it is suspected that the tiger might have died due to a fight with another tiger.

A team of CNP has brought the dead tigress to Kasara for postmortem.

There are 128 tigers in CNP as per a tiger census conducted in 2022.