Shoot Rajura tiger, says MP Dhanorkar

Chandrpaur: Member of Parliament (MP) Suresh alias Balu Dhanorkar on Saturday joined other local leaders in demanding shooting order for dreaded Rajura tiger RT-1, which is responsible for eight human kills.
Dhanorkar took details of the capturing operation underway in Rajura from Chief Conservator of Forest (CCF), Chandrapur, NR Pravin and then called forest minister Sanjay Rathod to press his demand.
Dhanorkar claimed over 20 villages spanning into two ranges were reeling under the tiger’s terror since last 22 months. Apart from taking eight human lives, the tiger has injured three farmers, inflicting them with permanent disability.
The forest department has installed over 150 camera traps and multiple teams of foresters are tracking the problem tiger in the forest, but have failed to capture the beast. The MP said even as crops are ready for harvest, farmers and farm labourers are afraid of risking their lives by going into the fields. Agricultural operation in the area has been drastically hampered due to tiger terror, he added.
Dhanorkar summoned CCF Pravin to present the reasons for failure of forest teams in capturing of the tiger. He then talked to forest minister Sanjay Rathod on phone and briefed him about the tiger’s terror, while repeating the demand of issuing shooting order against the problem tiger.
Former MLAs from Rajura, Wamanrao Chatap and Sudharshan Nimkar, have already raised the demand of shooting the Rajura tiger for safety of people and their cattle.