Shyampur (Haridwar), May 21 -- The brutal killing of a male tiger and a tigress in Haridwar's Shyampur range has triggered serious concern within the Uttarakhand Government and the Forest Department, with the incident once again highlighting the growing challenge of wildlife crime and human-animal conflict around the Rajaji Tiger Reserve landscape. Two days after the carcasses of the big cats were recovered under shocking circumstances, Forest Minister Subodh Uniyal and Om Prakash Jamdagni visited the site today to take stock of the situation and review the ongoing investigation.

During the inspection, senior forest officials briefed the minister about the sequence of events, the progress of the probe and the extensive search operation u...