Mukhtiar Singh, a farmer of Ghoga village, who spotted the tiger, said a fierce wild quardruped of cat kind was roaming about in the fields of the villages last night, when he was watering his fields. He said the foot prints of a tiger were also noticed in the morning. Another villager, Raghav Singh, is said to have spotted it near the SYL canal in Lalakpur village. The panic gripped villagers have sought protection from the tiger.

This was the fourth such incident of its kind in this subdivision. In April this year, three black panthers struck Manana village twice and killed 40 sheeps. Last year also, panthers had struck the same village, killing 11 sheep and injuring a dozen others, while a tiger had struck Takipur village in this subdivision, injuring four persons seriously. However, the killer tigers were killed by the local administration with the help of the wild life department, a few days after they struck the village.

NEW SSP: Jaskaran Singh has taken over as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Roopnagar.