It's confirmed. The controversial, trigger-happy shooter, Nawab Shafat Ali Khan, against whom mid-day has been consistently writing about, will no longer be part of the operation to capture tigress T1, that has been allegedly responsible for killing 13 people over two years. On Friday, mid-day had reported that the nawab would be sent back ('Controversial shooter Nawab Shafat Ali Khan told to go back home').

After the timely intervention by MP and union minister Maneka Gandhi, the Maharashtra forest department has officially given him the boot. The good news is also that a team of experts from the Madhya Pradesh forest department led by Dr Akhilesh Mishra, will soon be in Pandharkawda to capture the elusive tigress and her two cubs.