India, Feb. 27 -- Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve lost eight tigers, including four due to electrocution, over two and a half months spanning 2025 and early 2026, according to a report submitted to the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

The status report submitted by the field director of the protected forest said that four tigers died within the tiger reserve, and as many lost their lives in the "general forest area".

The cause of death for all four tigers within the tiger reserve was natural, while electrocution killed the remaining four in the general forest area, the report said, adding that the carcasses of all the big cats were completely intact.

The report was submitted to a division bench of the HC on Wednesday in response to a petition that...