Tigress Avni killing: Was T1 looking away when it was shot?

In the latest twist to the neverending controversies surrounding the killing of tigress T1 also called Avni a postmortem report submitted by Nagpurbased wildlife biologist Milind Pariwakam suggests that the tigress was gunned down in Maharashtrarsquos Yavatmal this month when it was looking away from the shooterThe copy of the report which is in possession of midday states that the place where the bullet was lodged and the trajectory of the bullet indicates that the animal was facing away from the person who fired the bullet The report also suggests that the dart found lodged in its body did not show any impact of being fired from a syringe projector which means a tranquillizing gunReport submitted by Biologist Milind PariwakamA report of the postmortem conducted on Tigress T1 at Gorewada on 3rd November 2018 submitted by Milind Pariwakam Wildlife Biologist Wildlife Conservation Trust who was present during the autopsy as the representative of Chief Wildlife Warden Maharashtra Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Wildlife contradicts the claim made by the forest department that the shot to kill the tigress was fired in self defenceThe biologist has raised questions about the tranquiliser found lodged on the thigh of the animal He says Dart fired from a syringe projector tranquilising rifle always leaves a significant and obvious haematoma which was not observed in this case states the reportThe important observation in the description of bullet entry point states Depicting the entry point place where a bullet was lodged and the trajectory of the bullet that show that the animal was facing away from the person who fired the bulletThe report also states that The weapon remains unidentified as it was not made available at the postmortem site Similarly the empty cartridge was also not available at the postmortem siteMidday has been extensively covering the entire case and the newspaper was one of the first to raise questions about the manner in which the entire operation of eliminating the tigress was conducted In the story Tigress Avni T1 Shot Dead PostMortem shows she had not eaten in dayssources from the forest department FD team told midday that more than 100 members were deployed to look for the two cubs of tigress Avni after her autopsy report suggested she had not eaten for days and in the process her cubs were probably starvingThe big cats postmortem report a copy of which is with midday stated Stomach was fluid filled and no major solid contents This means she had come near the location where she was killed to prey on a bait and its highly likely that for the last one week since her killing the cubs havent had anything to eatTalking to midday on November 7 Dr Prayag H S a senior PhD research scholar KVAFSUBengaluru who was earlier part of the operation to capture T1 and had seen the postmortem report told midday that What surprised me was the dart didnt bounce off the tigress despite being shot from a close critical distance of 20 metres as claimed by them which is what should have happened I believe the dart was placed on the carcass he alleged Adding Further Another point is when darted that portion of the skin becomes swollen when the dart goes subcutaneous which is not seen in the picture that was taken after T1 was shotIn an exclusive interview given to midday Union Minister Maneka Gandhi also come down heavily on Maharashtra Forest Department for the manner in which the tigress was shotCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates