The plantation workers here were terrified on spotting a tiger in the coffee plantations of Bajaikolli and Alithopu.
According to labourers, the big cat was seen lurking around in the plantations a couple of times in the last three days, said plantation manager Jahangir.
Five cows in the villages of Mylathpura, Badaga-Banangala have been poached by tigers in the last 6 months. The villagers have urged the forest department to catch hold of the tiger and translocate it from residential areas.
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