Union minister Maneka Gandhi is unwilling to let up on the Maharashtra Forest Department (FD) after the killing of tigress T1. After taking potshots at State Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar over the shooting, she has now written to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, telling him to get experts from outside the state to save the tigress's cubs at any cost.

In the letter sent on November 14, a copy of which is in possession of mid-day, Gandhi has also alleged that the local forest department is making no effort to rescue the cubs, in fact, their team has been advised not to catch them till they died or to see that they were killed.