Operation Kaliyasot launched on Thursday with much fanfare to capture and shift the tiger T-1 roaming in the vicinity of the State Capital was called off abruptly on Friday noon, courtesy wildlife activist Ajay Dubey's petition in the Madhya Pradesh High Court and National Tiger Conservation Authority's (NTCA) denial to permit capture and shifting of tiger.
Wildlife activist Ajay Dubey while talking to The Pioneer said, "The hearing over the shifting of tigers roaming around the city is pending before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, that has listed it for hearing on November 16, the hurry of forest officials to capture tiger by tranquilising and shift them to other location despite objection by the NTCA creates doubts over their intentions." Dubey added that the Forest Officials Act is unlawful and that is why they have abruptly called off the search operation mid-way as they would have to answer the court and the NTCA that why they did not even wait for the court order over the issue that was to come in just a few days.