India, May 30 -- The Madhya Pradesh high court has sought a detailed report from the state government and forest department on the deaths of eight tigers at Kanha National Park over the past two months, directing authorities to explain the preventive and curative measures taken in connection with the incidents.

A divisional bench of vacation judges Vivek Jain and Ajay Kumar Nirankari directed the state government and forest department to file their reply within two weeks.

"The respondents (the state government, forest department and park management) shall come out with specific averments regarding the preventive and curative measures taken in the matter of tiger deaths in Kanha National Park, along with their reply, which shall be filed...