After the news of the death of the tiger in Panna Tiger Reserve, speedy action is being taken at the forest department and at the government level. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan called an emergency meeting at CM House regarding this incident, in which CM gave instructions to take strict action. CS, DGP, ACS Forest, Head of Forest, PCCF Wildlife along with Sagar Commissioner, IG, Panna Collector, SP, DFO and Panna ACS Forest GS Kansotia participated in this emergency meeting held at CM House.
On the other hand, BJP state president VD Sharma has also spoken about strict action in the case of the death of a tiger in Panna Tiger Reserve. VD Sharma said that the matter of tiger's body found hanging in Panna Tiger Reserve is very serious and the entire matter will be investigated and strict action will be taken against whoever is found guilty. He told that a complete report of the incident has been sought from the SP, Collector and officers of the Forest Department.
The death of a tiger was reported from Panna Tiger Reserve on Wednesday morning. The tiger had a wire noose around its neck and was hanging from a tree, suspecting hunting. The incident took place near Vikrampur village of Devendra Nagar range of North Forest Division of Panna Tiger Reserve.
Notably, this incident is completely different from all the cases of tiger hunting that have come to the fore in Madhya Pradesh.