India, Nov. 4 -- The tigress which was relocated from Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR) to Assam in late October, weeks after being moved from a reserve in Bihar, was tranquilised on Tuesday to being her back to BTR, forest department officials said.

The three-year-old tigress was brought to BTR from Bihar's Valmiki Tiger Reserve on October 2 and she left BTR to enter Assam on October 23. Her movements were caught on trail cameras.

"The tigress was tranquilised outside a village near the Raimona National Park. She is being brought to BTR right now," a BTR officer said around 8 pm on Tuesday, requesting anonymity.

Forest officials said that after entering Assam, the tigress crossed the Sankosh river and ventured 25-30km deep inside the ...