Lakhimpur Kheri, July 1 -- An injured tiger, which had attacked a 55-year-old person near Udaypur village in Maheshpur beat of Mohammadi range under south Kheri forest division on Monday evening, died a few hours after the attack. The deceased tiger, estimated to be around eight to 10 years old, is reported to have old wounds on its fore legs and shoulders, affecting its normal movement. It is not clear how the tiger sustained these injuries, which proved fatal. Divisional forest officer (DFO), south Kheri forest division Tapas Mihir told Hindustan Times that the carcass was being taken to the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Bareilly, for an autopsy to ascertain the exact cause of death. After the attack on 55-year-old Kali Charan on Monday evening, the DFO and range officer Nirbhay Pratap Shahi and other field staff conducted an intensive search and combing operation in the area during night. Mihir told HT that while combing the area, the drone cameras captured the injured tiger in a sugarcane field, around 100 meters away from the spot where the attack had taken place. He added that circumstances indicated that the same tiger had attacked the man and slipped to another safe location due to its severe injuries. He was sighted panting in its hideout in the cane field. He said the tiger was rescued and a team of veterinary doctors including Dr Nasir from Kanpur zoo was called in to provide medical treatment. However, despite hectic efforts of the doctors, the tiger could not survive its existing ailments and expired at around 11 pm on Monday night, he added. This is the fourth tiger casualty in district Kheri within the last three months this year. April 1, 2026: Six-year-old tigress was killed after being hit by a speeding train in Mohrena beat of Mailani range in Dudhwa buffer zone. May 6, 2026: A four to five-year-old tigress was killed in a mating conflict in Nauniya beat of Majhgain range of buffer zone. June 23, 2026: A four-year-old lactating tigress captured after being tranquilised but hours after its capture, it died inside the cage. deo kant pandey...