Body of a female tiger cub was found on Thursday morning during the patrolling of the forest department staff in the room number-290 of Beat Dhamokhar of Magadhi core area of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. After searching around the area with dog squad, footprints of a male tiger were found a short distance away. Prima facie the tiger cub, whose age would be 5 to 6 months, was found to be killed by a male tiger.
After examining the carcass with a metal detector, the tiger cub was cremated in the presence of the field operator. The tiger cub was probably the cub of the tigress T-16, whose territory is in this area. The male tiger could not be identified.