While the trigger-happy nawab, who is in Pandharkawda for the operation to capture tigress T1, is using various techniques to lure her, including the use of CK Mens' perfume and sniffer dogs, a wildlife veterinarian told mid-day that these methods were suggested earlier to the forest department, but neither was used. Now, the forest department is helping the controversial shooter, who is using the same techniques.

Expert veterinarian Dr Prayag H S, senior PhD research scholar, KVAFSU-Bengaluru and Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, had gone to Pandharkawda in December 2017 and January 2018, and given some scientific suggestions to the Maharashtra Forest Department, based on which the tigress could be tracked and captured. However, this previous operation led by the forest department to capture the tigress was abandoned soon in January 2018, as it was found that she had cubs who were very young. But the forest department did not try to capture her later until there were cases wherein humans were found killed.