‘MAN EATER’ USTAD DIES OF BONE CANCER AT SAJJANGARH

Udaipur/Jaipur: The 17-year-old tiger T-24, popularly known as Ustad, died in confinement on Wednesday at the Sajjangarh Biological Park, Udaipur. The tiger, shifted to the park after being labeled as a man-eater, was suffering from a disease like bone cancer.

Being old, it was becoming difficult for him to bear the pain of illness at this age. The post-mortem was done in Sajjangarh.

Due to old age and illness, the tiger started feeling difficulty in walking tat is why it was kept in the most secluded enclosure for a few months. In the second week of October, Tiger T-24 was diagnosed with a disease like bone cancer in the primary test.

Tiger T-24 was brought from Ranthambore National Park to Sajjangarh Biological Park in Udaipur in 2015. It was accused of attacking and killing 4 people including two forest workers and two locals in Ranthambore National Park.

The last attack was done on May 8, 2016 on a forest worker.