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Yavatmal, Maharashtra

Nov 05, 2018

In tigress T1 territory: chronicle of a killing

On November 2, T1, a tigress believed to have killed at least 13 people, was shot in Yavatmal district. What happened in the weeks before this massive operation involving hundreds of officials and dozens of tactics?

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Author

Jaideep Hardikar

Jaideep Hardikar is a senior journalist and PARI Roving Reporter, based in Nagpur. He is author of Ramrao: The story of India's farm crisis. In 2025, Jaideep won the inaugural Award of Excellence in Journalism at the Ramoji Excellence Awards 2025 in recognition of "his outstanding contribution to meaningful, responsible, and impactful journalism," and whose work inspires "social awareness, compassion and change."

Editor

Sharmila Joshi

Sharmila Joshi is former Executive Editor, People's Archive of Rural India, and a writer and occasional teacher.