Alipurduar, Oct. 5 -- Bengal's first tiger relocation project initiative achieved a milestone as the state's first reintroduced three-year-old tigress successfully stepped out of her soft enclosure and roamed into the wild forests of the Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR) on Sunday evening, the Union Environment Minister said.

The three-year-old tigress, designated T138, was initially released into a temporary enclosure on October 2. Forest officials confirmed that she ventured beyond the fenced boundaries into the wider habitat at dusk on Sunday.

The translocation marks a historic conservation effort to repopulate the reserve.

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav shared footage of the release on X, stating, "T138 steps out of the enclosur...