Months after a tigress and its four cubs were poisoned to death in Karnataka's MM Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, a mutilated tiger carcass was found in the sanctuary.

Officials suspect the tiger died on October 2.

Wildlife activist Joseph Hoover, who is closely tracking the case, said, "It is intriguing why the poacher(s) hacked the tiger into three parts and scattered it. No bullet wound was found during the postmortem. All body parts were found intact. How did the tiger die? We were told that there was blood in the water hole where the hind portion of the tiger was discarded."

Hoover wondered how the poachers could access the sanctuary. Karnataka forest minister Eshwar Khandre has formed a team to investigate and provide a report within eight days. The tigress and four cubs were poisoned b

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