Key Highlights
- Based on the information, forest officials, along with airport security personnel, rushed to the spot and examined CCTV footage, which confirmed the presence of a big cat.
- Subsequent searches revealed pugmarks inside the airport premises, indicating that the wild cat had entered the area.
- Tiger hair and blood stains were noticed on the airport’s boundary fencing, which were examined and confirmed by veterinarians.
- Acting on instructions from senior forest officials, more than 100 personnel were deployed in five to six teams to comb the airport premises and surrounding areas.
- Pugmarks were traced up to a distance of about 1.5 km from the airport.
