Gonikoppal: The elusive tiger, which had killed some cattle of the villagers living in and around Kottageri near Balele in Kodagu and was playing hide and seek with forest personnel, has killed the bait which was tied inside the cage by the Forest Department, which is conducting combing operations to capture it. The cage was placed in the estate of Mapangada Sajjan Devaiah in Kottageri.
Thithimathi RFO Sripathi said that the Forest Department personnel were conducting combing operation to trap the tiger since four days and added that on Monday early morning the tiger escaped by a whisker.
