The Yadadri police on Wednesday conducted an awareness programme for villagers where tiger movement was reported in last fortnight and asked them not to harm the animal.
P Srinivas Naidu, DSP, Yadadagirigutta, along with the sarpanch of Dattaipally, Ibrahimpur and Dayamabanda Thanda villages in Turkapally mandal, conducted the awareness programme in view of tiger movement and cattle
killing.
The tiger has been moving around Turkapally and Yadadri mandal for the last fortnight and attacked cattle on three instances in Ibrahimpur, Dattaipally, and Ralla Janagaon villages.
“Forest department officials are making continuous efforts to send the tiger back to the reserve forest using traps, bait, drones and other technical methods,” Srinivas Naidu said.