Ponnampet: Twenty-four days have passed after the Forest Department began the operation to capture the elusive tiger and the massive search has yielded no results.
Neither the tiger — that has killed three persons and injured another grievously apart from killing over 18 cattle heads — has been captured nor killed as per the demands of the terrified local residents. People are hesitant to come out of their homes and labour population have vacated the coffee plantations due to the fear of being attacked.
