Man-eater was starving, cloud over weapon

Hyderabad | Friday | 9th November, 2018

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The ballistic report will reveal which weapon was used to shoot down the animal? If the bullet was shot within no time after the dart was fired, the tranquillising chemical may not transmit to internal organs. Depending on the size of the animal, it takes 15-20 minutes for the sedative to reach organs,” said Dr Navin. After eating food, it would take 8 to 10 hours to digest and clear all undigested material, it takes four days. The mystery over the weapon can only be unravelled in the ballistic report.In provisional diagnosis of necropsy report, doctors led by Dr Ajay, Dr BM Kadu and others said: “The tigress died of excessive internal haemorrhage and cardio-respiratory failure”..