A sub-adult tiger was found dead after getting electrocuted in a farm near the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Chandrapur district, over 170 kilometres from here, a Forest department official said on Sunday.

Deputy Conservator of Forests (TATR) Gajendra Narwane said the body of the tiger was found at around 10pm Saturday in a farm in Bhamdeli village in the Moharli buffer zone of the reserve.

“It was a sub-adult collared tiger. A post mortem was conducted Sunday morning. It was electrocuted sometime in the morning on Saturday,” Narwane told PTI.

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He said the farm owner was arrested as he had installed electric fencing which is prohibited.A forest department team was probing the incident further, Narwane added.

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